Matthew Brown wrote:
I kind of agree, although I see the merit in the argument that rewarding creative nonsense is perhaps encouraging people to try and get on the list.
I see the theory, but I'm not seeing it as a practical problem.
And even if it were, that'd probably be a step up on our current vandalism problem, which is that 95+% of the delete-me-now stuff is utter crap. Suppose somebody spends enough time understanding Wikipedia that they understand how to be delightfully nonsensical in our context, and then has the writing skills to build a gem worth keeping. That person could actually be very productive if they chose.
If we reward them for that by saying that we too think they are funny, then that might be what hooks them on Wikipedia. And if they learn the wrong lesson, that they should spend their time adding crap, then we have pretty effective methods for making people stop that.
William