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<DIV><SPAN class=968242213-14042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks, Danny. I usually do precisely what you have outlined so clearly
below. Please add your plan/advice to [[Wikipedia:dealing with
vandalism]] or [[Wikipedia:turning vandalism into stubs]].</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=968242213-14042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Really, really, thanks!! :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=968242213-14042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ed
Poor</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> daniwo59@aol.com
[mailto:daniwo59@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 13, 2003 5:35
PM<BR><B>To:</B> wikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WikiEN-l] The
benefits of vandalism<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Recently I've found that some
vandals have been putting silly sentences into empty subjects that could
potentially make good articles. For instance, last week we had someone write
some crap under Jim Jones and the Jonestown mass suicide (don't remember the
name of the article). While it was being blanked (repeatedly, I might add), I
googled and added a few sentences with content, and we had a short article,
while the vandal left. Today the same thing happened with Israeli tree frog.
Admittedly the article is just a sentence, but it is a start. Maybe this can
be a good way to deal with some of the vandals: fill in some information,
instead of just deleting. <BR><BR>In a similar vein, someone wrote an article
called "Separate but equal." Agreed, it wasn't written very well, but a few
quick edits turned it into a stub that can be built up into an important
article. My sense is that the article was written by a kid (no offense,
LittleDan), but it still had some valuable material and this important topic
was not covered at all. Now, at least, we have a stub on which we can build.
<BR><BR>I know it won't work in all cases, but I suggest this in some cases as
a way of countering vandalism and actually benefitting from it.
<BR><BR>Danny</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>