On 8/1/06, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
A perceptive cultural observation. Although I would
add that red links
prompting the creation of articles are not necessarily always beneficial
- it depends on how good the judgment is of the editor who made the link.
I seem to be noticing that people are getting more reluctant to make
redlinks. Is it the mentality that says "if we don't have an article
on X by now, we don't need one"? I notice it particularly among
somewhat obscure figures from history (for whom I'm sure a verifiable
article could be written though), but also for a decent number of
"concepts", some places, and even the odd mountain!
Steve