[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia

[apogr]

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From: "Sj" <2.718281828 at gmail.com>
To: <wikipedia-l at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia


> Much of what apogr wrote is beyond me,

 refer to dictionary.talk in en.wiki


 but I was moved by this distillation of
> key problems:
> > The problems, as I see them, include
> > a) uneven use of "scale"
> > b) no check for completeness on a particular level
>
> I find these to be pervasive problems, both for WP as a whole (in
> creating projects,
> defining category-sets, identifying key subject areas), for each of
> its subprojects
> (in creating article-lists, identifying goals of equal importance,
> covering an entire
> topic), and for each individual article (in balancing detail across
> aspects of an
> article, maintaining consistent perspective, and maintaining a connection
with
> other articles at higher and lower levels of detail).
>
> +sj+
>
> > b) it is a semi-finished colouring book with clolours of uneven
intensity
> > c) it is a number of  diligent tube-sighted people caught in the process
of
> > lace-making
>
> ps - these gems should surely go on the list of [[what wikipedia is]]...
>
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