Why does Wikipedia exclude Macmillan?

gingerwoman · Apr 11, 2017

On Wikipedia they list a Big Four that excludes Macmillan for some reason. Any logical reason why they call it the Big Four and exclude Macmillan?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fo...ok_publishing)

Helix · Apr 11, 2017

gingerwoman said:
On Wikipedia they list a Big Four that excludes Macmillan for some reason. Any logical reason why they call it the Big Four and exclude Macmillan?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fo...ok_publishing)

That link goes to a non-article, but if you click on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing#Book_publishing , it refers to the Big Five including Mac.

Approximately 60%[SUP][11][/SUP] of English-language books are produced through the "Big Five" publishing houses: Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan.

gingerwoman · Apr 11, 2017

Ah OK. Last time I looked the article was still there and excluded Macmillan and I wondered why. I see it's deleted now. :Shrug:

morngnstar · Apr 12, 2017

Because anyone can edit Wikipedia.

"Article about a subject obviously invented by article creator or associate, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject"

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Big_Four_(book_publishing)[/URL]

Why does Wikipedia exclude Macmillan?

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