[Wikipedia-l] Re: pi-eyed

[Stirling Newberry]

On Oct 21, 2004, at 12:01 AM, Angela wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:10:30 +1000, Tim Starling
> <ts4294967296 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I just thought I should add that the need to constantly clean up
>> vandalism on pi pages is a waste of time. You should just protect the
>> page or delete it.
>
> The same was true of the list of prime numbers when it included 10,000  
> numbers.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml? 
> title=List_of_prime_numbers&diff=2275927&oldid=2275912
>
> but there was no consensus to delete it
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_prime_numbers#From_VfD
>
> If such pages would need permanent protection, it only proves they are
> not suitable for a wiki, where pages are supposed to be edited.
>

On the contrary, it is merely that "neutral point of view" on such  
pages has a much narrower definition than on most pages.