yan...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > 2011/3/29 ???? <wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk>: > > On 28/03/2011 18:35, Nathan wrote: > >> The bar for contributing is higher. Whether because editing is more > >> technically challenging, or because the rules and standards are more > >> complex, or simply because more of what people know is documented than > >> it was 4 years ago... it's harder in a variety of ways for people to > >> contribute significantly on a regular basis (i.e. become regular > >> editors, as opposed to making several contributions and not > >> returning). > >> > > > > Ah there is the reason, the sum of all human knowledge is approaching > > completion. Well done to all. > > We are very far from that. > All the issue is that of notability. >
Should I have put a "snark" tag on the above? > If we apply the current criteria, which is mainly applied on Western > subjects, to other parts of the world, we could have 10 times more > articles (villages and towns, local customs and food, etc.). > If I look at the articles for villages in my area, they are mostly stubs and will pretty well always be so, as a lot of the interesting stuff is local history which is not available in main stream publications. Other than listing the pubs, the schools the bus timetable, and whether there is a Londis store, what else can be said about them? Well take this place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brington the church in that place contains a whole book full of history. The Spenser monuments are some of the most important in the country. The pews have C14 - C16 carved poppyheads, the chancel contains the tombs of George Washington's grandfather, there is stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones ... This place http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crick,_Northamptonshire has a Romanesque font sat upon three Atlas figures, and is one of the most important such works in the UK. A few miles away is another nationally important Romanesque font: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Haddon BTW that place also contains works by Pugin. And finally this place is chock full of works by Burne-Jones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilsborough Whilst much of it is recorded in Pevsner he is often wrong, and often doesn't mention things. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
