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The discussion of the "Variations" section is interesting. Apparently the person who inserted it (and had it removed several times) won't give a citation but al
by tom_mellior 6y ago
The discussion of the "Variations" section is interesting. Apparently the person who inserted it (and had it removed several times) won't give a citation but also won't come out and say that they made the examples up themselves. Nobody ever calls out the useless introduction of German terms in the examples, and more importantly that (a) "Ritcher" is not a German word, and (b) even if it were a misspelling of some German word, it would not mean "church".
- code_duck 6y agoThe closest German word is 'richter', which means judge. Church would be kirche. That is indeed a strange passage.
- nothis 6y agoWhy is the tangential, unsourced stuff always longer than the actual article?
- bmn__ 6y agohttp://enwp.org/Wikigroaning http://enwp.org/Wikigroaning
- justin66 6y agoHaving knowledge of the material and writing it down is considered a negative when it comes to creating Wikipedia content.
- tom_mellior 6y agoThe way the section was phrased (it's removed now) it appeared to refer to some external source. The sentence "It is understood that the problems to follow should be taken in order, and begin with a statement of the original problem:" would make no sense otherwise. But if there is such an external source, it should be cited. This is the main problem. It's not about Wikipedia being a boring stickler for rules.