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.
springs to
mind, I would normally expect to find this sort of thing only in a
specialist collection.