Article Deletion Discussion I was looking through the comments on deleting this article and I saw that come of those who wanted to delete this article made comments such as Wikipedia is not a sports almanac Well Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and according to Dictionary com the definition of an encyclopedia is A book or set of books containing articles on various topics usually in alphabetical arrangement covering all branches of knowledge I am somewhat perplexed If an encyclopedia covers all branches of knowledge then how is it that any article could be nominated for deletion based on an argument that Wikipedia doesn t cover that subject I have had articles deleted based on this argument and to me it just doesn t hold water because then the exact same argument could be made for any article For example Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a repository for warship information or Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a musical database or Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not an astrological index Using those three arguments we could eliminate several thousand articles in fact a similar argument could be used to eliminate nearly any article Take today s featured article Stark Raving Dad I could argue that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a place to put CliffsNotes on Simpsons episodes How about the article on CliffsNotes I could say Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a place to put describe corporate product lines Where does it end While I concur that blatant advertising slander unreferenced work original research lewdness and the like have no place here deleting an article based on topic opens a huge can of worms I happens all the time and it is wrong