[WikiEN-l] Bad And Wrong Policy/Procedure/Guideline Hitlist

Mon Nov 6 00:13:18 UTC 2006

Phil Sandifer wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2006, at 4:46 PM, geni wrote:
> 
>> Britannica is only one opinion. An encyclopedia of childrens toys
>> would probably come to a different conclusion.
> 
> Yes, but we're a general encyclopedia, not a subject encyclopedia,  
> and not a compendium of subject encyclopedias. This is a very  
> important point - especially for popular culture articles.

I disagree, I see no reason why Wikipedia can't be considered a
compendium of subject encyclopedias. Wikiprojects already treat it that
way in a lot of regards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Highways springs to
mind, I would normally expect to find this sort of thing only in a
specialist collection.

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