:::Because it is a Wikipedia-wank.  I am sick of having to insert wankish-weasel-words into articles in oder to get around the possibility that someone out there might think there was a greater 1st century religious leader than Jesus or a more renowned building in India than the Taj Mahal or a more famous screen goddess than Marilyn Monroe.  
 :::But if the end satisfies the means, then you had better do it!  
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