On 8/1/06, Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net wrote:
A perceptive cultural observation. Although I would add that red links prompting the creation of articles are not necessarily always beneficial
- it depends on how good the judgment is of the editor who made the link.
I seem to be noticing that people are getting more reluctant to make redlinks. Is it the mentality that says "if we don't have an article on X by now, we don't need one"? I notice it particularly among somewhat obscure figures from history (for whom I'm sure a verifiable article could be written though), but also for a decent number of "concepts", some places, and even the odd mountain!
Steve