On Monday 10 March 2008 14:54, Ian Woollard wrote:
I consider myself an inclusionist, but I defend
deletionism if done in
the spirit and letter of the rules.
What rules? There are no rules on Wikipedia...we are only bound by our
obligation to further the aims of the encyclopedia.
Removing factual, verifiable information works AGAINST the aims of the
encyclopedia.
But now you mention it, isn't this about inanity anyway? If somebody
creates an inane article do we let it stand?
What makes an article "inane"? Being about something you're not interested
in?
If I create an article about 'People scratching themselves behind
their ears' and the notability guideline is removed, would this
article be allowed to stand or not??
It should be allowed to stay, "notability guideline" or no, since
"notability"
is meaningless and unnecessary in the first place. We're not bound by it
PERIOD.
And if it stayed, what sort of
thing would be in it?
Information about people scratching themselves behind their ears, obviously.
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Kurt Weber
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