The simple answer is: why not?<p>Why shouldn&#x27;t Wikipedia be <i>the</i> place for all factual, verifiable, minimally notable information in the world, so long as it&#x27;s properly organized?<p>Wikipedia is a long long way from that goal, even if we exclude fictional-universe nonsense. Pick nearly any historical subject; dozens of books filled with information translate to a few sparse Wikipedia articles. That&#x27;s terrible.