[WikiEN-l] deletionism in popular culture

Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 21:00:08 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Ryan Delaney wrote:
> > I'm having trouble following your meaning, I think because I'm not
> > familiar with how you are using "rationalisation". Can you explain a
> > bit more please?
> >
> Wiktionary meaning (3) for "rationalization" is
>
> "A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its
> efficiency."
>
> Which of course is sometimes euphemistic. More detail in
> [[rationalization (economics)]], which seems to me also to be more
> tendentious in what it is saying. I was mainly thinking of the kind of
> discussion where you try to draw the line between "bells and whistles"
> and "core activities".
>
> Charles
>
>
This is coming into focus a bit, but how, specifically, do you think this
relates to pure wiki deletion?

- causa sui


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