Alex Rosen wrote:
Here's how I interpret Jimbo's stance:
"Wikipedia 1.0" (the eventual
edited version) will be an encyclopedia, but Wikipedia is not now
actually an encyclopedia. And to get to the eventual 1.0 version, it's
better to encourage contributors, even if that means that a lot of
non-encyclopedic content is added, because this kind of inclusionist
policy will encourage more encyclopedic content as well (by not pissing
people off by deleting things that they write).
A lot of our people on the deletionist end of the spectrum may be
happier working on "1.0". When it's ready for editing, it will need
personnel.
Ec