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Your recent additions to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Wizard of Oz (adaptations) were not appropriate to an encyclopedia. This is not an outlet to promote events, but to assemble lasting information for future reference. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 03:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

So, to be clear, posting notice of the conference would be "appropriate" AFTER it has happened, but not BEFORE it has happened?!? Hsuphilosophy (talk) 03:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, its inappropriate at any time. This is not a notice board, it's an encyclopedia. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 15:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree. And encyclopedia is a collection of ALL knowledge (at least that's its purpose historically). Therefore, if Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and a conference that trades in the expansion of knowledge is a fact of the world, which it is, then it is a misunderstanding of the nature of an encyclopedia to state that it is "always" inappropriate. Indeed, it is NEVER inappropriate.


 * Your understanding of Wikipedia is mistaken. No encyclopedia has ever been intended to collect every piece of knowledge.  For example, what you had for breakfast this morning is "a fact in the world", but that doesn't make it noteworthy.  If Wikipedia included the facts of every conference that has been held on every subject, it would be so littered with data that it would be impossible to find information.  And to clarify, what's never appropriate in Wikipedia is the kind of promotional pitch you included ("Millions have been captivated by the fantastical and yet familiar Land of Oz").  Can you imagine something like that appearing in Britannica or any other encyclopedia?  Adding it to multiple articles like you did was little better than spam.  If you explore Wikipedia and its core principles a little, you should get a better picture of what it's really here for. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 15:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)