What we are creating with Wikipedia is not set in stone It is an evolving standard defined by what its editors determine to be acceptable and personally I dont agree with the view that the priority is to write lengthy prose in the style of Encyclopedia Britannica Ive been around since  Jeh has been around since  and Dsimic has been editing a lot since  in other words enough to get a very good idea of how Wikipedias anarchist system works Im glad that Jeh prefaced his statement with in my opinion because thats what Wikipedia is about and no personal statement or even an essay such as commonlycited arguments to avoid essay is law We debate a lot I know just how much sucks but its the way it is Now whether or not product lists are notsogood articles is debatably if you youre axiologically inclined an empirical and subjective question which could be most reliably answered by surveying our users or our editors if theyre not your priority In my experience lists are great for their purpose and as a power Wikipedia user and editor Ive derived enormous benefit from them  and our users probably derive much more benefit from an article like Comparison of smartphones than the benefit which is derived from say the dozens of references Ive added to articles like Tort Trust law or Economics and hundreds of much lower traffic niche topics Lists in general are not easy candidates for good articles as I recall back around  or so there was a campaign by a couple people to to delete a lot of list articles on that basis and on the duplication with categories but when I pointed to WPCSL the steam was taken out even though that didnt change the sensibility of the decisions  In any case you are welcome to boldly make and advocate for changes and I reserve the right to express my own opposition within the limits of my available free time  As an aside I mention the views of users seriously  it has been pretty well empirically shown that oldtimers like myself are actively hostile to newcomers as documented by Aaron Halfaker  Im pretty sure most prospective editors are more bothered by the detailed and voluminous rules than maintaining the style of an oldschool encyclopedia I realize Im channeling this a bit myself in my approach here but oh well