User talk:Mikeblas/Archives/2014/November

Wikiprojects

Hi -- not a huge deal, but I was surprised to see your view that a book publishing company, that published books in New York City for 60 years, would not be within either the books or New York City wikiprojects. Was wondering if you might shed light on what I'm missing. Tx. --Epeefleche (talk) 03:53, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Sure. You can review the scope statement at the WikiProject Books page. It explains that the scope of the project is books. The project is not about companies, marketing, business, or the practice of publishing. As such, publishers are not included in the project. -- Mikeblas (talk) 16:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Tx. What about New York City? --Epeefleche (talk) 19:07, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand your question. What is it about New York City? -- Mikeblas (talk) 15:51, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

I guess the answer is the same: we refer to the Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City page to see what the scope of the project is. The team running this project doesn't offers only this guidance: "This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize and develop all Wikipedia activities concerning the Big Apple." I don't think a store within the city of New York has much to do with the city itself. -- Mikeblas (talk) 04:24, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

I think it does. If it is likely to end up in a NYC category, which it is, then it is among "all" Wikipedia activities concerning the Big Apple. The phrase "all" is as expansive as they could make it. Epeefleche (talk) 01:52, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

But "all", especially if interpreted as expansively as possible, is unrealistic and therefore can't possibly be correct. I'm not sure what you mean by "it is lkely to end up in a NYC category". Are you referring to the article? If so, it's best served by the "corporations" project, as its geographic location is not consequential to the coverage in the article. -- Mikeblas (talk) 03:10, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Realistically, "all Wikipedia activities concerning the Big Apple" indicates that the intention is to be be broad. Coverage of people, places, and entities in and from the Big Apple would logically then be covered. Your narrow POV is unsupported. And wikiprojects are obviously - to any editor who edits talkpages - not mutually exclusive. There is no issue of "better served", any more than there would be to say that categories of "x" are better served than lists of "x" ... there simply is not mutual exclusivity. Epeefleche (talk) 04:04, 21 November 2014 (UTC)