On 3/7/08, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
(A) Orphanage and adoption. We could increase the weight given to potential incoming links as a metric. Surely we could partition "New Pages" into those articles that are not orphans (redlinks from article space), and others.
(B) [[Category:Red list]]. We could get into gear with more reputable lists of desired topics created in agreed ways. I personally have heard about those "low-hanging fruit" once too often.
(C) Projectify Notability issues more. De facto an energetic WikiProject has a block vote, at AfD. We could make that more de jure.
(D) Quit using the N-word altogether, focusing instead on less subjective issues such as the availability of sources, the quality of the prose, the navigational utility of at least a minimal stub about a given topic (either as part of a finite set or as an obvious link between two or more other articles of equal or greater magnitude).
I try to think of myself as a pragmatic inclusionist. To everybody else I'm some crazy bitch who won't shut up.
—C.W.