From: Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com
I personally think that the co-opting of Wikipedia for commercial and promotional purposes is a real danger to Wikipedia.
I am especially concerned about the articles we get about movies, software, games, concert tours, reality TV shows, etc. that are _about to_ be released within the next couple of months, always with the assertion that they are certain to be very notable.
I guess I don't see the where the danger part comes in.
That is why I said it is one of those areas where there is, I fear, no consensus.
It seems more like a self-correcting phenomenon
No, things do not correct _themselves._ They must be corrected by _people._ Who must take time and effort that would otherwise be spent on other things.
If you really wanted to monitor and be able to VfD things after they've proven to be obscure duds, just make a new category of "to be released" things, perhaps subcatted by year, then review the following year.
"Just?"
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