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Re:One red paperclip by moistly on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:00PM (#25545994)
Why allow Wikipedia links at all? They’re almost always mundane and receive little attention. Seems like an abuse of a service that’s intended to generate informed discussion.
Re:One red paperclip by dang on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:44PM (#25546319)
It depends on the topic. If it's an intellectually interesting, specific topic that hasn't been discussed much, Wikipedia submissions can be fine. If it's a generic or well-trodden topic, that's not good. Generally the best third-party article would make a better submission, but that's not always possible.

This has come up quite a few times: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Re:One red paperclip by moistly on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:51PM (#25554141)
Thanks, I should have searched myself; I was pretty sure there must have been previous community pushback against Wikipedia links. I usually read New without logging in; if others commonly do the same, they may be developing the impression that ‘pedia links to popular common topics is a-ok.

Thanks for your moderation work!