[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

Delirium delirium at hackish.org
Mon May 25 19:32:24 UTC 2009


Nathan wrote:
> A specialist
> encyclopedia of explosives and ordnance might include information on how
> such weapons are built, but we don't. Similarly, medical references include
> information on lethal dosages and dangerous applications for drugs, but we
> don't.
>   

We do include detailed information on how weapons are built, though. 
There was a big argument a few years back about whether we ought to tone 
down the amount of coverage we give to details of how various nuclear 
bomb designs work (or at least are alleged to work, based on public 
information), but it was decided that including it was encyclopedic.

We don't include HOWTO style step-by-step instructions, of course, but 
we include all the details that are available, from assembly procedures 
to, sizes of various parts, quantity and purity of fuel required, 
machining requirements, etc.

-Mark




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