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Is there a discussion somewhere of the scope and topic suitabilitiy of the project?

Given no space limitations, what is the most appropriate approach to deep subjects? One could write volumes on many topics. How do we divide up articles that are lengthy and have logical subtopics? Even simple, noncontroversial topics, like cattle, have had volumes written about them. Must all pages be general interest? Where do we stop? Why?

Are articles on topics of narrow, professional interest encouraged? E.g. legal, accounting, medical, or other fields. If not where is the line drawn?

I observe that some of the most active editing has been on topics related to human sexuality. Is there a consensus (or a summary of the positions taken by whatever various schools of thought there may be on the subject) regarding the division between appropriate and inappropriate material for this topic?

I have seen some isolated stylistic recommendations, "the passive voice is to be avoided" (-: and "include all relevant content in one article rather than breaking it up". I can't find a summary of this information, and the style guide is no help. Is there one? Or shall my prose have to suffer such edits at the hands of others for me to understand the framework??

Kat

Hi Kat, welcome to Wikipedia! If you haven't already, I would suggest checking out Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. Some of your questions may be answered there. As far as general versus narrow professional interest - there is a place for all of it here, provided it can be presented in a neutral, encyclopedic format.
As for writing "volumes" on some topic, it depends. Keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, first and foremost. A thorough treatment of any subject is desirable, but no article should really turn into anything too huge. Typically, if the article on a subject is getting that long, it can be broken up into several sub-topics. Use your best judgement. Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not gives a pretty good overview of what is generally not desirable content for articles. -- Wapcaplet 18:48 4 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Could a developer check to see if User:Eddie is loging in using User:Michael's ip range (i.e. 152.163.25x.xxx)? He has been reverting articles of User:Michael's back to user Michael's content in a sneaky way. I just want to make sure it is or isn't User:Michael. If it is him, please ban the account. Thanks. MB 17:38 4 Jun 2003 (UTC)

For those who are interested, there has been some talk on the mailing list about putting a Content Advisory label on the Wikipedia. I have created Wikipedia:Content advisory so that the entire community can help develop the advisory. No decision has been made about whether we are actually going to put this up, so discussion should be had at Wikipedia_talk:Content advisory. MB 01:38 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Please can an admin undo Michael's page move of Crass to Crass (band), many thanks. quercus robur 17:19 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)


Done, and talk page with it. -- John Owens 17:35 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Thanks quercus robur 18:08 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)

It has occured to me the the photo on Mooning could be considers as offensive as the photo linked to on Clitoris. Therefore I move that we come to a concensus on photos exposing Intimate parts and follow it with all such articles. Please note, that IMHO to be totally NPOV, we should openly show any images. MB 20:25 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Many war-related pages have a banner attached:

History -- Military history -- War -- History of Russia -- World War II

I wonder where its best form and placement is discussed. Does anybody know?
-- Ruhrjung 21:03 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)

best placed at the top Pizza Puzzle

If we follow a convention of writing 1.2E31 instead we can avoid the problem of having a break in the quanity...1.2 x

1031 Pizza Puzzle

Use   if it bothers you so much. -- Tim Starling 04:23 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
The E form is just a hack - use the proper standard form. CGS 04:25 6 Jun 2003 (UTC).

Ogg Format

Slashdot style morals aside, is it practical to upload an Ogg audio clip at the moment and expect the typical visitor to be able to play it? Can Windows Media Player decompress them? CGS 07:11 6 Jun 2003 (UTC).

Does anyone think adding an Opening and Ending Songs section to series and movies sounds like a good idea?

I propose the following format:

Theme Songs

Opening

  1. #th opening: "Bold Official Name" (Italic Translation) by Singer

Ending

  1. #th ending: (ditto)

Anyone disagree? Emperorbma 07:48 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow what you're suggesting. Can you give an actual example? — Paul A 08:23 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Sure, Love Hina, Inu-yasha, Martian Successor Nadesico and Trigun have examples Emperorbma 08:28 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, with that formatting, the number in the list will never be anything but "1." What's the point to it? Also, the standard is for song titles to be in double quotes, like "Official Song Name". Italics would be good for translations, when needed, I'd think. -- John Owens 08:33 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Love Hina is a special case because it has an OVA and a series... (Inuyasha was a better example.) — Emperorbma 08:36 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
I see what you meant. Yeah, most won't go over 1 but some series have more than one end or opening (see Inuyasha). — Emperorbma
OK, I will revise the songs to use "" instead... I agree, but keep bold for readability. Emperorbma

Can someone take a look at http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=62.60.78.153 ? -- Tarquin

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