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WikiProject Relativity

Hi there. I was wondering if you would be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Relativity. We need more experts ! Thanks. MP ^{(talk•contribs)} 20:24, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Size of planets and stars

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Re: Bibliography

I'm of the opinion that bibliography articles besides those that list the works of an author/group, i.e. those that are effectively spun-out "Further reading" sections, are improper in that they violate WP:NOTDIR and are prone to accumulating cruft. If you wish to prune them down and put them as Further reading on the Causal set theory article, I would also find that acceptable. --Cybercobra (talk) 11:08, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I freely admit CMB was rather an edge case, but it would have required its own subsection in Causal sets Further reading, which would look rather odd. If you know an appropriate existing subsection for it, I don't object to moving it. --Cybercobra (talk) 11:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I never said that that individual page was crufty, only that such pages in general are prone to gathering cruft. Regarding precedent, I remind you that consensus can change and that it is quite likely these articles have not been scrutinized by many editors; furthermore, a significant segment of said category is made up of the type of bibliography I find unobjectionable. --Cybercobra (talk) 11:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, looking at the titles of the sources, it appeared a good many of them were not completely specific to causal sets and were appropriate to the articles they were moved to; although I readily concede I'm not a subject matter expert. --Cybercobra (talk) 11:31, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To detail my objections:

WP:NOT#OR "Primary (original) research" - the choice of which entries to include is somewhat arbitrary, especially when the bibliography is so lengthy
WP:PROMOTION - "Self-promotion" - it's quite possible some of the entries were added by their own authors
WP:NOTLINK "collections of external links" - if one construes "external links" broadly to mean references to external works, then that's all a bibliography is; IMO, Wikipedia shouldn't be a card catalog
WP:NOTDIR "not a directory" (the section's very title) & specifically (#4) "Directories [...]" - a bibliography is a directory of related reading materials
WP:INDISCRIMINATE "an indiscriminate collection of information" - when the bibliography entries are so great in number, the criteria becomes less well defined (i.e. how can these articles be considered 'select' when there are so darn many of them?)

These problems are significantly reduced when bibliographies are just "Further reading" sections of existing pages, as their length tends to be significantly curtailed and their selection criterion thus more elite; and some of the guidelines also cease to be applicable when a bibliography is not a separate page unto itself. --Cybercobra (talk) 12:05, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perfectly fair compromise accepted. All applicable edits self-reverted. --Cybercobra (talk) 12:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you so much for the lovely star-sizes artwork that was used as the picture of the day today. More than being a very informative and clear depiction, it is beautiful. I have printed up a copy and will display it in my 8 year old son's room. Thanks again. A Softer Answer (talk) 01:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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