Andrew Lih wrote:
I guess this could be cast as a finer grain interpretation of inclusionism and deletionism.
Absolute inclusionist - any and everything should be in Wikipedia Optimistic inclusionist - maybe not good now, but it may be, keep and check back later Pessimistic deletionist - may be good sometime, but delete it now, and keep only when good Absolute deletionist - it's not "encyclopediac", get rid of it
Hey, you left out eventualism, which will ultimately triumph over both inclusionism and deletionism (eventually, of course).
Absolute eventualist - Ignore VfD at all costs, because it just breeds hostility and flame wars, and trust that in the end, the community will keep/delete articles appropriately, even if they don't make the right call the first time around (or sometimes even the second and third time) Optimistic eventualist - Occasionally try and intervene by commenting on VfD or attempting to salvage articles, to try and speed up the process of reaching the right outcome eventually Pessimistic eventualist - Believes that Wikipedia is eventually going to fail anyway, so doesn't bother to participate in any of it
--Michael Snow