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

Mon Nov 6 11:33:02 UTC 2006

Phil Sandifer wrote

> But it's approach to all of its topics is that of a  
> general encyclopedia. So even when we have an article on, say,  
> Vermont State Highway 26, the approach is that of a general  
> encyclopedia, not a specialist one. This is a VITAL distinction in  
> terms of understanding what the content of an article should be.

Maybe so, but not necessarily a tenable one. There are going to be articles on, say, string theory, where the content you need to approach the article at all will be behind some wikilinks. Same applied broadly across technical areas. Articles split out of general surveys, to cover something specialise in depth, should not be criticised for doing that and not something else. Not everyone likes the ten-second scroll to get to the meat.

Charles

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