Timwi (timwi(a)gmx.net) [050529 07:23]:
Incidentally, noone has yet suggested to delete [[Time
Hierarchy
Theorem]], or indeed any other article, for making Wikipedia "too detailed".
The more ardent deleters have indeed put articles up for deletion for being
"too detailed".
>we run the risk of making the basic information
inaccessible to the
>vast majority of the users who are only interested in the basics.
People who are only interested in the basics can still
look up only the
basics. It's a question of organisation, not a question of inclusion.
Yep. There's nothing wrong with subarticles of subarticles.
>There is a place in the world for large amounts of
detailed material,
>but this shouldn't be the goal of an encyclopedia.
Funny, and somehow I thought that the goal of
Wikipedia is to "collect
the sum of human knowledge".
Haven't you heard? Our new slogan is "Wikipedia is full. Go away." Now only
*deserving* articles are kept (whatever that means); all others apparently
have to make their case or be deleted in a consensus vote of three versus
one.
- d.