Why do you never hear complaints from inclusionists
about Star Wars
articles being deleted? Because so many were deleted that the involved
editors finally bit the bullet and escaped to Wikia, and the only ones
that are left are either ones onboard with rigid constrictive policies
or have seen their efforts fail and learned to comply with the current
regime. What happened with Star Wars could be said of many of the
Wikias. (One of the more amusing Wikipedia conspiracy theories I've
seen is that Wales & Angela deliberately encouraged or let En slide
towards deletionism because it provided a demand for his Wikia
startup. I doubt they intended any such thing, but the effect was the
same.) .
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gwern
http://www.gwern.net
Jimbo and Angela did not play a significant role in debates over
inclusion and deletion; it just happens that people with a passion for a
subject treasure every detail which makes for a good wikia wiki.
Fred