On 07/02/12 22:13, Svip wrote: > On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article >> is pretty good reading. > > The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, > unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so let's > best not celebrate your contributions'.
Some FAs should never be shown on the main page. Nothing in the FA criteria says anything about the subject of the article: such as whether the subject is of broad interest or has educational merit. Such criteria should be considered for choosing articles to show on the main page. The main page should show the best of Wikipedia, not the ugliest loopholes in its inclusion criteria. I was involved in some deletion debates in 2002 and 2003. Nobody knew at the time that if we said "OK, let's allow this" then some day the fancruft we were allowing would be featured on the main page, with the only criteria being that a fan puts enough effort into their style and citations. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l