On 10/24/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikispam(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Let me expand on why that equation is bullshit.
Effort is not a constant,
and the more articles you have, the more contributors you'll have, and the
more effort you'll have.
I think the term you are looking for is over simplifed modle. I know
this is the case (Ew is a compersite of at least three terms). I could
go go through with more complex models but the result is the same.
Beyond a certian number of articles the law of diminishing returns
kicks in and the average article quality starts to fall.
Also, not all effort is equal, nor does it have an
equal effect on quality. In fact, some of the worst quality articles happen
to be the articles which have the most editors, and the most effort, spent
on them.
Prove it.
Keeping around a short factual article about an
obscure topic is
not going to bring the average quality of the encyclopedia down. In fact, a
short article on an obscure topic is easy to make into a high quality short
article on an obscure topic, and will therefore bring the average quality of
the encyclopedia up.
However such articles don't seem to turn up at AFD much and even these
articles require mentanence.
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geni