Well, the problem is that contributors are writing
articles on schools, and people who are not interested
in them keep deleting them.
Mark
--- John Lee <johnleemk(a)gawab.com> wrote:
I won't touch the school issue anymore because
it's
so damn
controversial, but...
I'd like to note that any deficiency in information
on locations on
Wikipedia does not stem from most deletionists. Even
RickK votes to keep
articles on places, no matter how small in terms of
area or population.
Rather, the problem stems from a lack of
contributors from other countries.
Addressing issues such as deficiencies in several
non-geek areas is
beyond the purview of any deletion debate (except,
maybe on schools).
It's more of an issue about attracting non-geek
contributors.
John Lee
([[User:Johnleemk]])
Nicholas Knight wrote:
Mark Richards wrote:
> You're right, the majority of users find obscure
maths
and
computing subjects more interesting than real
places.
I *would* like to emphasize the point Mark is
making here, and add to
it: Finding solid, *accurate* information online
about technical
subjects is *incredibly* easy in comparison to
finding information
about real places that aren't ultra-famous
and
other non-technical
subjects.
If I'm looking for information on a technical
subject, I head to
google, and only look to Wikipedia if it turns
out
to be hard to find
(at which point Wikipedia doesn't usually
have any
useful information
on it, but sometimes I get lucky).
If I'm looking for information on a country or a
person, I go straight
to Wikipedia. It usually has enough to get me
started, at least. If it
had information on every local school in the
world, it'd be even more
useful.
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