The long term solution for this particular topic is for people to start writing books about MUDs. One or two books by reputable publishers with a chapter on that MUD would have made deletion impossible. One or two anytime in the future will permit reinstating the article.
If some Wikipedia admins want conventional sources, give them conventional sources
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipedia@zog.org wrote:
2009/1/10 Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net
"Wikipedia editors should really have enough knowledge about their subject matter to make choices based on good judgement rather than strict adherence to flawed guidelines. Any guideline, law or contract doesn't absolve one from using one's brain — these things are just frameworks for handling worst-case scenarios better.
http://www.unwesen.de/articles/wikipedia_on_mud_history
This is what is frustrating to me. Although I am not recognized expert on MUDs, I know enough that the decision made is obviously wrong, while those making the decision seem entirely innocent of the subject.
Oh, we shouldn't worry that there's a hole in Wikipedia MUD coverage where Threshold used to be -- from the AfD:
- *KEEP*. Read all other MUDs in category, Threshold is definitely most
notable of them all with the most independent press coverage. [...]
- *Comment* WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, for one; we'll get to deleting those other MUD articles in due
time, if it's merited. [...]
I don't know know about any of you, but when the first thing on the closing admin's talk page is "I have deleted over 1,700 pages on Wikipedia, through C:CSD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C:CSD and WP:AFDhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AFD. A very small percentage of that, 2-3%, have been listed at deletion reviewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DRV, and only a handful have been overturned -- and not a single one has been because of "corruption" or bad faithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF.", I get a really bad feeling.
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