Béjoint, Henri (2000). Modern Lexicography. p. 31.
"The two types, as we have seen, are not easily differentiated; encyclopedias contain information that is also to be found in dictionaries, and vice versa."
Hartmann, R. R. K.; Gregory James (1998). Dictionary of Lexicography (Routledge): 48–49.
"Usually these these two aspects overlap - encyclopedic information being difficult to distinguish from linguistic information - and dictionaries attempt to capture both in the explanation of a meaning...".
Hartmann, R. R. K.; Gregory James (1998). Dictionary of Lexicography. Routledge. p. 49.
"In contrast with linguistic information, encyclopedia material is more concerned with the description of objective realities than the words or phrases that refer to them. In practice, however, there is no hard and fast boundary between factual and lexical knowledge."
Cowie, Anthony Paul (2009). The Oxford History of English Lexicography, Volume I. Oxford University Press. p. 22.
"An 'encyclopedia' (encyclopaedia) usually gives more information than a dictionary; it explains not only the words but also the things and concepts referred to by the words."
"Encyclopaedia". Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
"An English lexicographer, H.W. Fowler, wrote in the preface to the first edition (1911) of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English that a dictionary is concerned with the uses of words and phrases and with giving information about the things for which they stand only so far as current use of the words depends upon knowledge of those things. The emphasis in an encyclopaedia is much more on the nature of the things for which the words and phrases stand."
Béjoint, Henri (2000). Modern Lexicography. p. 30.
"That is why an encyclopedia can be translated, but a dictionary cannot."
Principles/policy/guideline/essay.
Interpretation thereof.
[we need something like: a statement from one of the original authors of WP:NAD, explaining that the intended purpose was:
To prevent newcomers from writing a tiny definition-stub for every redlinked "word" (as opposed to "topic") that they came across
Not to prevent the creation of encyclopedic-articles on notable words
ie. as long as sufficient secondary source material exists (not just a handful of dictionaries) to write a verbose article, then an article is viable. WP:N + WP:V = article.]
[need a statement from Wolfkeeper, explaining how he interprets WP:NAD's purpose]
