Anthony DiPierro wrote:
So you don't see how we'd lose from deleting 90% of the articles we have?
I don't think anyone is arguing that we should delete 90% of the articles we have. The articles in question are maybe 1-2%, and certainly no more than 10%.
Much of the argument, and what prompted this, isn't even about strictly whether we should have certain articles, but whether we should delete particular poor instantiations of articles (substubs). It's basically an argument over whether a substub is better or worse than a red link, which I'm decidedly neutral on (both are bad, and instead of wasting time arguing over it, people on both sides ought to spend the time writing good articles in their place).
But I doubt you'll find even the most ardent deletionist who wants to delete any significant fraction of current articles, so I'm not sure who you're arguing against.
-Mark