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Have you seen the amount of stuff in Wikipedia that doesn't really merit an entry? Or noticed that Google usually returns a summary from Wikipedia to tell you w
by Tao331 4y ago
Have you seen the amount of stuff in Wikipedia that doesn't really merit an entry? Or noticed that Google usually returns a summary from Wikipedia to tell you what the thing you just searched is? The bar to entry is arbitrarily enforced, and the benefit of being in there is potentially huge.
- tptacek 4y agoYes. They have to draw the line somewhere, and transaction costs (denominated mostly in volunteer time) are a non-negligible component of that calculation. So you end up with WP:N and WP:RS, which are imperfect, but straightforward to adjudicate. I'm not saying that the previous commenter shouldn't exploit those rules to get their company in WP; fair's fair. I'm just suggesting that maybe the previous commenter shouldn't exploit those rules to get their company in WP, because WP is maybe one of the most important and successful projects in modern human history, and it's a shame to crud it up. (But I don't know what their company is. Is it Moderna? Moderna belongs in the encyclopedia!)
- tentacleuno 4y agoSorry, what's WP:N and WP:RS?
- mkl 4y agoSomewhat to my surprise, searching for those on Duck Duck Go popped them right up: Notability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability and Reliable Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources
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