On 3/7/08, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)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.