[WikiEN-l] GNAA Deleted!

Thu Nov 30 16:56:42 UTC 2006

On 11/30/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> I for one think it's pathetic that Wikipedia is giving up on the mission of
> being a complete encyclopedia because there exist specialty sites on
> particular areas of knowledge.

I agree with you to the extent that verifiable subjects with
sufficient sources that would be on topic in a specialist encyclopedia
should be in Wikipedia.

For example, I would hate to see articles on my pet subjects deleted
off Wikipedia because 'they'd work better in a specialist
encyclopedia'.  E.g. there's a specialist Wiki encyclopedia for
cameras, CameraPedia.  I'm dreading the day someone tries to delete
[[Canon T90]] as "Cameracruft - move to CameraPedia".

Subjects that require original research or are off-topic in other ways
e.g. being howtos or reviews instead of encyclopedia articles DO fit
best elsewhere, though.

-Matt