On 13 April 2013 23:42, Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On 4/13/13, Gwern Branwen <gwern(a)gwern.net>
wrote:
> My basic observation here is that
inclusionism/deletionism debates
> seem intractable, like religion and politics, which have long been
> correlated with a variety of mental and neurological observations and
> this deep-seated roots of those beliefs seems to explain why politics
> is so wasteful and damaging; hence the obvious question becomes, is
> inclusionism/deletionism another such case?
I think there is actually a sensible middle ground,
which gets lost
because those with more extreme views are more vocal. That is similar
to politics in a way. And why would you think that
inclusionism/deletionism debates are intractable? I thought the idea
that such terms should be avoided (as they are divisive) was taking
hold and gaining ground?
I'm broadly an inclusionist, but by crikey there's a lot of utter,
utter shit on the wiki. I've been nominating hopeless shite lately,
for AFD or even just PROD. Not much, you understand. I can give it up
any time.
- d.