Talk:Guide number

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[edit] List of guide numbers

Recently 69.142.140.173 (talk · contribs) added a rather long list of guide numbers. I removed it but 67.151.45.162 (talk · contribs) reverted me. I see this list as unencyclopaedic - it serves no purpose in explaining what guide numbers are or how they work. Surely people who have those models of flash either already know what GN their flash does, or could easily look it up in the manual. Or the flash is automatic and they don't need to know. The only purpose I can think of is for bragging rights (my GN is bigger than yours!) or comparing models before buying.

Wikipedia is not a shopping guide, nor an indiscriminate collection of information. The article already gives a few examples for guide numbers. A few better examples would be welcome, but this large list is not useful. --Imroy (talk) 06:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)