On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> What counts as "beyond a dictionary entry". Are you talking about > >>> length, or content? > >> > >> The latter. The aforementioned "Nigger" article contains a great deal > >> of material that one would not find in any dictionary with which I'm > >> familiar. > > > > It also contains a great deal of material that one would not find in > > any encyclopedia with which I'm familiar. > > And most of the material I think would be *more likely* to be in a > dictionary than an encyclopedia. Meaning, etymology, usage, > derivatives. These are all things more likely to be found in a > dictionary than an encyclopedia. > > Basically, if you took a dictionary, and removed the space > requirements, and then took an encyclopedia, and removed the space > requirements, the content of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger would > likely be in the former, and not the latter. >
Well stated, and I think that clearly states the purpose of "not a dictionary". It's not anything to do with notability, it's what belongs where. > > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
