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Re:Types by th0ma5 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @01:10AM (#12349809)
Hope this makes it into Wikipedia instead of here.
Re:Types by paulddraper on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @01:56AM (#12349991)
It'll get moderated out.
Re:Types by NhanH on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @02:00AM (#12350003)
For this article specifically, it shouldn't be on wiki. The quality still needs a lot of polish, and too much opinions.
Re:Types by gary_bernhardt on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @03:26AM (#12350351)
This is a decent summary of why I'm doing it. Wikipedia is full of "high quality" content, where "high quality" means "directly exposing every detail that anyone ever thought to nitpick", and this topic is a nitpicker's paradise. There's value in that detail-heavy style, but it's difficult to learn from and it's a type of writing that I rarely want to read. As for opinions (and lack thereof), they prevent Wikipedia from saying many things that are both well-known and easily stated. The lack of clear summaries of widespread disagreeing opinions keeps our implicit knowledge implicit.
Re:Types by NhanH on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @03:32AM (#12350370)
I agree with your reasoning and your description of Wikipedia.

However, despite all the flaws, wiki is reasonably helpful, and I doubt filling it with more opinions would be helping the case.