On 03/07/2012 7:42 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
How would you deal with biographies of people like heads of state, who are subjects of serious academic study as well as daily news articles?
There's nothing that prevents a subject from having an article in both namespaces. One can be seen as the complement of the other; mainspace would become more encyclopedic and there would be a neat space where the more recent coverage can be found for further information.
It'd only be a matter of educating editors and readers; the mainspace is the most reliable and seriously sourced "base" of articles, at the cost of being possibly a bit dated or drier. The space "below the fold" is more timely, and possibly more detailed at the cost of being possibly less reliable.
I mean, the whole point is to be able to both have a reliable encyclopedia /and/ have a legitimate place for popular culture coverage and recent information. Readers would have access to both, with a better way of knowing which is which.
Not perfect, I know, but I'm pretty sure that would be a long-term win. -- Coren / Marc _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
