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There's lots of pages on Wikipedia that are basically self-promotion, or descriptions of inconsequential "news" events, or "micro-celebrities," or moderately ri
by sedachv 16y ago
There's lots of pages on Wikipedia that are basically self-promotion, or descriptions of inconsequential "news" events, or "micro-celebrities," or moderately rich people, or other stuff that will have no relevance in 10 years, except to people with OCPD who like to hoard information.
- abstractbill 16y agoYou're arguing that many pages in Wikipedia aren't useful. I don't think anyone is debating that, but are these pages actually harmful?
- dwc 16y agoYes, some are harmful in that promotion disguised as objectivity is misleading. That's a whole separate issue from notability, though. On this and many other issues I think the notability bar is set too high. I'm much rather see a wikipedia page on an obscure language than not, and I have read a few in the past.
- sedachv 16y agoI like to click on links in Wikipedia articles to find out more about things related to the main article. I consider wasting my time harmful.