Andrew Gray wrote:
On 22/05/07, Will Beback will.beback.1@gmail.com wrote:
The real problem we have on Wikipedia with school articles, in my opinion, is the amount of vandalism they receive relative to the number of editors repairing them. Since school-aged kids are a main source of vandalism this isn't a surprise. However since this vandalism often takes the form of derogatory remarks about living people it's a serious matter. Reducing the number of school articles which aren't being watched would help.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - we need to think about maintainability in a concrete sense as well as "notability" in an abstract one. If an article is going to need maintenance, but it isn't going to get it, it becomes a net liability to the project...
What is adequate maintenance. When I recently went through my district's schools to see what was happening (39 elementary + 11 secondary) the two instances of what might be considered anything like traditional vandalism were both at high schools. I suspect that elementary schools may be less vandal prone than secondaries, because the kids there are just not on the internet as much.
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