[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia approaches its limits" - Technology Guardian

[Sage Ross]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Charles
Matthews<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist
>
> Much familiar argument from threads here. Some of the usual suspects
> commenting, and everyone putting in their two cents. Somewhere in the
> middle is a debate struggling to get out: is the volume of reversions
> indicative of good gatekeeping (poor edits to popular and well-developed
> articles have little chance of sticking), or bad gatekeeping
> (established editors assert ownership)? Stats from 2007 and 2009 show a
> step-change of some sort, as we know, but don't really prove that there
> is a current trend (we could be going sideways).
>
> Charles

Regarding the familiar arguments related to this... should the
Signpost be a venue for discussing thing stuff?  See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions#.22Wikipedia_enters_a_new_chapter.22

-Sage