On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Oldak Quill wrote:
I don't think deletionists come to Wikipedia to delete. Perhaps they have a strict idea of what should be in an encyclopedia (based on print encyclopedias), and since pop culture does not fit into this model, they wage war against these articles?
I think deletionists don't come to Wikipedia at all - I've never encountered a non-editor who is bothered by the strange stuff on Wikipedia. To most people outside the bubble, it seems to be one of our most beloved features.
Deletionism seems to be an internal phenomenon - a switch that gets thrown in some editors where they come to the conclusion that deletion is necessary to improve the project. But it's an internal phenomenon - something Wikipedia seems to provoke in editors who have been here after a while.
-Phil