[WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

[Carcharoth]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cathy Edwards<Cathy.Edwards at bbc.co.uk> wrote:

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> 1. The inclusionist / deletionist debate peaked a few years ago

It did? Maybe I haven't been paying attention. I was under the
impression that notability guidelines were still a topic of heated
debate as regards articles on fiction topics. Or has a guideline
finally been thrashed out?

In other areas, yes, I think the inclusionist/deletionist debate has
stabilised. But maybe not. What may have happened is that people are
now better at identifying and rescuing articles with potential, and
that might have been due to increasing availability of sources online.
During the existing lifetime of Wikipedia, it is interesting to note
how certain areas of the internet grew at the same time. Was this
serendipity (chosing the right time to start Wikipedia) or something
more?

Carcharoth