On 11/30/06, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)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