I am cutting all the first part - and really this is my consideration
after having read most of the messages.
But, as long as there is NO rule, it is just a
question of balance.
Regular edit wars you would say. Another very bold editor can come and
become the new gardian later. And possibly be an inclusive gardian of
dish articles, so many recipees will find their way back.
If it is a rule, then those restoring may be blocked for not
respecting a rule. Huge difference.
In effect, looking at the past 3 months, I think there are not much
new recipes, so I suppose any daring adding one is immediately stopped
in its activity. So, the result is just that a branch of wikipedia was
cut in its growth. We made a bonsai !
Imho wikipedia is much more than only an encyclopedia - it is THE
encyclopedia that not only gives definitions, but also helps to
understand other cultures. Food is part of a culture. Every
Nation/region has its food or cuisine par excellance and many habits can
be explained through this.
What would Italy be without Pizza? What would the Pizza-culture (yes, in
some countries it became a real culture) be without the mother of all
pizzas, the Pizza Margherita, named after a Queen, created in Naples
made of the Italian national colours to honour the queen (at least this
is what is known)? So this recipe IS culture and should be trasmitted to
many people. So why not create just the recipe in the hope that someone
who knows the whole story will add the rest? An only recipe would be
nothing else than a stub - stubs are to be completed.
Other Examples are:
Christmas pudding
Cheesecake
Stollen
Mustaccioli
Pannettone
Lebkuchen
Pasta al pomodoro (noodles with tomato sauce)
Spaghetti (originally from China as much as I remember)
Rice dishes
Sushi
Sauerkruaut
Wienerwürstel (the "Viennese sausages" that are called "Frankfurter"
in
Vienna)
etc. etc. etc.
I don't feel that there's a need to discuss about this - it is clear in
itself as wikipedia is clear in itself. Stubs were made for first steps
on a certain theme - cuisine is a theme, recipes are subtitles of
"French cuisine, Mediterranean cuisine, German cuisine, British cuisine,
American cuisine".
This is the huge difference of Wikipedia to ordinary encyclopedias -
you/we have the possibility to give all this information - people who
are not interested in it simply don't read it, but people who are
interested will prefer Wikipedia 1000 and more times to a paperwork
where they then need to buy other books and kitchen encyclopedias (the
exist) in order to have complete overviews.
Why destroy one of the huge powers of Wikipedia? The power of being
different, the power of digging deeper and deeper.
My 2 cts ;-)
Ciao, Sabine