[Wikimedia-l] crazy deletionists!

[David Gerard]

On 3 July 2012 14:49, Svip <svippy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 July 2012 15:35, Tarc Meridian <tarc at hotmail.com> wrote:

> What does 'encyclopaedic worthiness' even mean?  If Wikipedia is an
> encyclopaedia, then all those niche-wikis are encyclopaedia too.


Well, yes, they basically replace the specialist encyclopedias. (Main
difference from Wikipedia: original research allowed; a different
standard of what's article-worthy.)


> It is hard to say where the line goes.  I agree that _just_ because
> something is reliably sourced, does not make it worthy for an entire
> Wikipedia article.  But _what_ does make it worthy of Wikipedia's
> attention?


You seem to be saying that we must have a bright line. The evidence
appears to be against this. Consistency is not a terminal goal.


- d.