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 ::We are not editing a physics handbook but an encyclopedia. You may say ""What's the difference?"". The difference does exist and is crucial for understanding why we need the article. In a physics handbook (or university course) one does not need to present ideas which are not stricly physics but more philosophy. One needs not include all views and even more importantly, to treat them equally. An encyclopedia is completely different. We are supposed to present all the views. We should have articles not only on physical but also philosophical and religious views. We should present not only theories based on shaky ground (like Heim theory) but also pure crap (like Time cube) if it is well known enough (""newsworthy""). The articles should inform the reader about the mainstream view on any idea but also on minority views. Therefore, the article is needed as dozens of scholars publish papers on anthropic principle. According to ISI Web of Science there were 13 peer reviewed papers on ""Anthropic principle"" in years 1991-1995, 18 in 1996-2000 and 45 in 2001-2005. Please, notice the increasing trend. Anyway, this is certainly newsworthy.  "