On 1 June 2012 11:19, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
And deletionists have no policy knowledge?
Deletionists are not the monolithic body of people that you seem to think they are. Those with these tendencies (though I'm reluctant to lump people under a label) vary widely in their knowledge of policy, which should be no surprise.
I'm also puzzled by this view you have that removal of external links is a form of deletionism. I've always understood deletionism to be the removal of entire articles and restricting Wikipedia to a relatively narrow set of articles. Removal of content within articles is a completely different ballgame.
Gah. WP really needs the tension between quality and quantity to be expressed by a two-party system like it needs a hole in the head. And it needs deletion debates whose length is greatest where the outcome matters least (i.e. the indifference point for inclusion) like several more. Further, people who think "knowledge of policy" amounts to knowing the letter of the law are a menace, as are people who think detailed policies are there to help them win arguments, rather than for the general good of the project (it being easier to prove your point if you assume what you want to prove at the outset).
Charles