Your email is a bit too black and white: There are important articles in Humanities, not just in exact sciences, and a Bob Dylan album is arguably a touch more important than a South Park episode.
But in general you make an important point. In the Hebrew Wikipedia several prominent editors adopted an attitude they call "Wiki A / Wiki B", which they define more or less like this: * To "Wiki A" belong articles that are likely to be used by students to do homework. They should be as good as possible. * To "Wiki B" belong articles about articles about pop culture, video games and sportsmen. It's a waste of time and mental health to try to get "Wiki B" articles deleted, but it's also a waste of time to get them improved. Also, "Wiki B"-style articles rarely get to FA status in he.wp. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 14:31, Bod Notbod <[email protected]> wrote: > "The primary function of the Wikipedias is to educate in the sciences, > philosophy, technology and all that truly useful stuff. Nevertheless > there's an argument for a Featured Article on South Park because it > brings in new blood. Such an article can pique the interest of teens > and twenties and get them involved. Discuss." > > My reply would be: > > There's a difficulty in that you get trapped. At the moment, the task > I've set myself is to review Featured Article candidates. You might > set yourself a task and find yourself dealing with stuff that, > frankly, isn't very educational. I proofread an article on a Bob Dylan > album because it came up for review. But should I really be > proofreading articles on biology, chemistry and physics? > > I don't have expertise in those areas but I may at least change an > "its" to an "it's" or vice versa. > > I think at the heart of the question is; do you find yourself sticking > to a routine without questioning the relative value of what you're > doing? Is fighting vandalism on a South Park article equal to fighting > vandalism on science? We all only have a certain number of hours in > the day. > > User:Bodnotbod > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי Amir Elisha Aharoni http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace." - T. Moore _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
