----- Original Message ---- From: geni geniice@gmail.com
I know that policy wonks appear to have replaced deletionists as the people to blame for everything but it is worth remebering that they do want to see wikipedia suceed they just see a slightly different root.
Well the deletionists have won the war so we have to move on ;).
Just because everyone wants to see Wikipedia succeed doesn't mean everyone is equally helpful to the project. After a while contributing policy becomes a lot easier than contributing content and because we are all here as hobbyists there is a natural inclination to do the easier thing whilst still "helping" Wikipedia. Thus there is a natural tendency to go down the wrong "root".
Pete
p.s. Yes I do appreciate the irony of chatting on a policy mailing list whilst moaning about policy, but it has to be done :).