Wikipedia:Germane
Wikipedia:Germane
In order to produce a rationally divided encyclopedia, each article bears a title. The idea is that material found under that title has a substantial relationship to that title – else the title becomes ineffective for the use of users of Wikipedia.
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 | This page in a nutshell: Edits and content not reasonably germane to the article title and scope should be avoided assiduously. |
Articles filled with "interesting facts" which are not reasonably related to the subject of the article are not actually very useful at all. One example cited would be inclusion of a section about Santa Claus in an article about Whales unless a truly creative connection has been made by reliable sources, and then only to the extent the reliable sources connect the topics.