15 Jan
2009
15 Jan
'09
12:13 p.m.
"Lennart Augustsson"
By no means do I suggest that Wikipedia should replace Haskell library documentation. I think the libraries should be documented in a mostly stand-alone way (i.e., no references to old papers etc.). In the case of Monoid, a few lines of text is enough to convey the meaning of it and gives an example.
I don't think references to old papers are a bad thing (they might be good papers), but such references should certainly not be a replacement for a brief explanation and helpful example!