Re: An Excellent Short Article was Limits to the non-paperiness of Wikipedia?

Fred-
> But does information about a person who was important in the history of the
> production of artificial diamonds belong in an article on gas absorption
> refrigerators?

Well, since he left the project before it succeeded, it is arguable  
whether it belongs there at all; but if it is to be included, it could as  
well briefly be mentioned in an article about diamond synthesis. However,  
if his contributions are significant, then it is realistically possible to  
write a lot more about them, so having a short article as a placeholder  
for a longer one is OK.

Simply put: If the person is relatively unimportant in the great scheme of  
things, it would not be surprising to see in a traditional encyclopedia

        See: ''refrigerator'', ''diamond synthesis''

In Wikipedia, the analogy would be a redirect to the page if it is a  
single one. But if the person turns up in too many different contexts for  
that to be workable, it is of course OK to have an article about them,  
even if it doesn't grow into a lengthy essay. I believe these cases to be  
relatively rare exceptions compared to the hundreds of always-will-be stub  
articles that are created every month.

Regards,

Erik