User:Pgallert/Observations


 * 1) Many articles on Wikipedia are the most comprehensive representation of the topic that is available, anywhere. This makes Wikipedia an important platform for information and knowledge creation, over and above its encyclopedic mission. As the information usually is assembled from different sources, and if the disperse facts have not been causally connected, the no original research guideline is not violated. Examples from my own editing practice:


 * 1) Many articles on Wikipedia are the only balanced representation of the topic that is available, anywhere. Examples from my own editing practice:
 * 2) * Caprivi treason trial: Certainly not the most voluminous amalgamation of information but far more comprehensive than any essay, paper, or news article so far. In its entirety possibly the least biased coverage of the subject. Once the Background section has been expanded by an explanation why Caprivians want to secede, it might well become the only comprehensible piece of coverage.