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Re: wikipedia: "GNU Lilypond" article
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Re: wikipedia: "GNU Lilypond" article |
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:39:32 -0700 (PDT) |
No wonder: the example is 3/4 of the page!
Tom Cloyd-2 wrote:
>
> In the Wikipedia article on "GNU Lilypond", some ignorant editor had
> entered a non-removable advisory which reads -
>
> "This article or section contains instructions, advice, or how-to content.
> The purpose of Wikipedia is to present facts, not to teach subject
> matter. Please help improve this article by removing or rewriting the
> how-to content, which may qualify for a move to Wikiversity,
> http://www.wikihow.com/, or http://howto.wikia.com/."
>
> In the Discussion section for the article I have lodged a protest
> against this advisory, and justified it by reference to code examples
> given in other programing language articles in Wikipedia, which I think
> is a sound basis for the protest.
>
> I personally find the code example in the article an decent illustration
> of what Lilypond looks like and does, and thus both informative and
> useful. I'm concerned that it NOT be excised, due to its relevance.
> Readers truly interested in the content of article will likely want to
> see some Lilypond code, and the example in the article meets this need.
>
> Given the high profile nature of Wikipedia articles, I thought it might
> be worthwhile to call attention to this issue, in case someone on this
> list who is more involved in that particular article than I am wants to
> do some followup.
>
> At this point in my learning of Lilypond, this is about a hefty a
> contribution as I'm likely to make to "the cause". For what it's worth...
>
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