[WikiEN-l] One article, 12 volumes, and a snapshot of how news becomes history

[David Gerard]

On 12 September 2010 20:58, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

>> Not counting footnotes and so on, it's approximately 16,000 words; say
>> 40-50 pages of a book, or about a normal chapter. Which seems right,
>> for a "very large article".

> Agree. My 'time to split' light goes on somewhere around 100K, but
> maybe 200K ~45 pages makes more sense for certain articles.


List articles, particularly lists of characters or episodes.


- d.