On Monday 10 March 2008 03:06, Todd Allen wrote:
Wait, such an arbitrary standard sounds ludicrous? Well...yes, it does! Good editors cut and prune, they don't just add. You still want to have -something- left, but preferably that something will have unimportant
Nothing factual is unimportant.
and redundant bits trimmed down or removed entirely. Most TV shows, for example, are great in list format. You have the whole thing in one article, allowing for easy navigation, and you don't have the overlong plot summaries,
What's wrong with those?
original research and speculation,
Such as?
and "In popular culture" sections that plague full articles on the things.
What's wrong with those?
Well, now we're good! We DO include information on them,
But not as much as we otherwise could--therefore, we're worse off with your approach.
we just don't overdo it
There's no such thing.
or do more than we can without turning it to crap and sacrificing quality.
How does removing information make an encyclopedia better?
Quality over quantity anyday.
They're the same thing.