[WikiEN-l] fancruft

Thu Jul 20 11:05:25 UTC 2006

On 7/20/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/19/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On 7/19/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > > I quote our article:
> > > >In the Friends episode The One With the Two Parties RACHEL is quoted as
> > > >saying "My parents happened. All they had to do was sit in the same
> > > >stadium, smile proudly, and not talk about the divorce. But nooo, they
> > > >got into a huge fight in the middle of the commencement address. Bishop
> > > >Tutu actually had to stop and shush them."
> > >
> > > I think that's one of the worst examples of fancruft I have seen in a
> > > very long time.  (And, I note, there is no source. :))
> > >
> > > --Jimbo
> >
> > The source is right there: "the Friends episode The One With the Two Parties".
> >
>
> Funny.  But it has no more place on an article about Desmond Tutu than
> an episode of Bewitched has on the Benjamin Franklin article.

I wasn't trying to be funny, nor was I trying to say that it belonged
in the article.

The problem isn't lack of source.  It's more one of original research.

Anthony