The vast majority of these topics I think would be
better suited for a
merge. As for Ms. Mateo, for example, I don't see why it wouldn't be
more appropriate to say whatever there is to say about her in the
Phillipine Idol article.
Because, for instance, if I'm searching for Mateo, I'm not looking for
information on Phillippine Idol. I'm looking for information on her.
Merging *improves* these articles for that reason, but
people seem to
be offended by the suggestion that their pet topic doesn't deserve an
independent article.
Is it worth improving one article by ruining 8?
I believe in splitting off articles only when you
have to, when it wouldn't make sense not to, rather than independent
articles as the default. Encouraging new writers to add to existing
articles rather than start new ones may help.
Well, we both have very different feelings on this. I think more
topics should be split off, not less. We have the ability to be
specific, we should be using it, instead of creating a redirect on an
article that is 95% irrelevant to the actual subject it's being
redirected from. The Emmalina -> YouTube situation that's been
crerated is an excellent example of this.
-Jeff
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