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