On 5/5/06, BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think that you are right but missing the real
problem. There will
always be a "locus of control" and unless you want to impose elections
for those who should vote on AfD, that group will always be
self-selecting. I think that the real problem is that the group which
controls which Star Trek articles (for example) that should be
included and deleted from Wikipedia is a different group than those
who are interested in Star Trek. A group of people on Wikipedia is
interested in writing and improving Star Trek articles, another group
is interested in deleting Star Trek articles. That arrangement
obviously causes friction. It would be much better if it could be
arranged so that those people who write Star Trek articles also are in
charge when it comes to deleting Star Trek articles.
Again, replace Star Trek with Pokemon (my favourite punching bag, for
no real reason). Would you really entrust Pokemon fans with deciding
which Pokemon articles are notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia?
Surely your proposal simply leads to vastly greater inclusion rates.
Summary:
People who know nothing about a topic are more likely to vote delete,
even for an arguably notable topic
People who are experts on a topic are more likely to vote keep, even
for a topic of little interest to the broader community
Agree?
Steve