[WikiEN-l] Afd nominations

Mon Oct 3 01:35:18 UTC 2005

>From: Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com>
>
>On Oct 2, 2005, at 8:59 PM, JAY JG wrote:
>>
>>I view the claims that Wikipedia has no notability requirements as  an 
>>extreme position, and one incompatible with creating an  encyclopedia (as 
>>opposed to a giant repository of all known facts).
>>
>
>Didn't I read something about imagining a world where every person  has 
>free access to the sum of all human knowledge? And about that  being what 
>we're doing?

To begin with, I do not think we should insist that every policy in 
Wikipedia be completely internally consistent, nor should we insist on that 
requirement for every statement by our fearless leader.  There are natural 
conflicts that arise when one simultaneously tries to provide maximal 
knowledge at the macro level, and yet is faced with trying to put together 
an informative and useful product at the micro level.

Equally importantly, many people view "knowledge" to be something rather 
more refined than "compilations of facts".

Jay.