[WikiEN-l] Re: Historian: origin of apparent "policy" re recipes and how-tos?

Tue May 11 11:26:36 UTC 2004

It is unfortunately not a consensus at all; which explain it is not in 
policy pages. If you find it in policy pages, then that is a non 
consensual policy.
This case is rather the perfect example of a "bullying" process from one 
side :-)
It might be pointed to newer Wikipedians as an example of what "not to do".

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Since I am at it, advertisement time... I invite you to consult the page 
I maintain on the french wikipedia :

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois

Careful, that is a special page in Wikipedia space, where we are a bit 
pov and citing authors as well :-)

I consider it a bit like a barn raising page ;-)

Anthere

Daniel P.B.Smith a écrit:
> NOT a rhetorical question.
> 
> I've been very puzzled by an apparent consensus or policy--one with 
> which I obviously do not agree--that recipes in particular, and didactic 
> or "how-to" articles in general, do not belong in Wikipedia. I can give 
> cogent-to-me reasons for not agreeing with this. But I don't want to 
> discuss that now.
> 
> Here's what I want to know. Is this an example of a difficult, 
> carefully-threshed-out consensus that newer Wikipedians, having not 
> participated in that consensus, may be unaware of?
> 
> (And if so why isn't it documented on any of the policy pages I've been 
> able to find?)
> 
> 
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