One could say that deletionism is just as toxic, cutting off valuable
off-springs at the root, based on the balance of different views present at
the birth. Walking around with the intent to cut for a long time, has an
effect on how one relates to the world.
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 12:15, Benjamin Ikuta <benjaminikuta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As a strong inclusionist myself, I'm a bit disappointed to see this.
See also:
https://www.gwern.net/In-Defense-Of-Inclusionism
On Jul 5, 2019, at 3:15 AM, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, inclusionism generally is toxic. It lets a
huge volume of garbage
pile up. Deletionism just takes out the trash. We did it with damn
Pokemon,
and we'll eventually do it with junk football
"biographies", with
"football" in the sense of American and otherwise. We'll sooner or later
get it done with "populated places" and the like too.
NN athletes and populated places belong on a list, not as a permastub
"article".
As for A7, it applies only to mainspace. It is the responsibility of any
editor creating an article directly in mainspace to cite appropriate
sources and demonstrate notability on the first edit. If one is not yet
ready to do that, write a draft. A7 does not apply to drafts. But for an
article in the main encyclopedia, the expectation should absolutely be to
show sourcing immediately.
Todd
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, 7:39 AM WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Agreeing/asserting that the English Language Wikipedia has a toxic
editing
> environment is easy. Defining the problem and
suggesting solutions has
> historically been rather more difficult. Just watch the latest threads
at
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Civility for examples.
>
> On the English Wikipedia this is clearer than on some projects because
we
> have annual Arbcom elections, and a candidate
can always criticise the
> sitting arbs by saying "of the cases accepted and rejected over the last
> year or two, ignoring those where we know there was private information,
> these are the cases where I would have differed from the existing arbs.
I
> would have voted to accept cases
xxxxxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx and
> these are the ones where i would have supported a stricter sanction
zzzz,
> zzzzz"
>
> Alternatively you can make suggestions as to how you would change the
> community to make it a less toxic environment, in the past I have argued
> for, among other things:
>
>
> 1. A different way of handling edit warring that doesn't go so quickly
> to blocks.
> 2. A pause in the speedy deletion process for goodfaith article
> creations so G3 and G10 would still be deleted as quickly as admins
find
> them but A7s could stick around for at
least 24 hours
> 3. Software changes to resolve more edit conflicts without losing
edits.
>
>
> None of these have been rejected because people actually want a toxic
> environment. But people have different definitions of toxicity, for
example
> some people think that everyone who loses an
edit due to an edit
conflict
> understands that this is an IT problem, and
are unaware of incidents
where
> people have assumed that this is conflict
with the person whose edit one
> the conflict. Others just don't see deletionism as toxic, some
deletionists
> even consider inclusionism toxic and get
upset at editors who decline
> deletion tags that are almost but not quite correct.
>
> My suspicion is that the intersection of "everything you submit may be
> ruthlessly edited" a large community where you frequently encounter
people
> you haven't dealt with before, cultural
nuances between different
versions
> of English and a large proportion of people
who are not editing in their
> native language makes the English Wikipedia less congenial than some
other
> Wikis. For example, someone who comes from a
straight talking culture
might
> think me as euphemistic and possibly
sarcastic, even when I think I'm
being
> nuanced and diplomatic.
>
> Specifically in the case of the Fram ban, the WMF should have
communicated
> before their first 12 month block the
specific behaviours that the WMF
> would no longer tolerate on EN Wikipedia. At least part of their problem
> was that their first 12 month ban was for undisclosed reasons. Some
> Wikipedians didn't want the WMF setting new behavioural rules on
Wikipedia.
> But other Wikipedians might have agreed with
the WMF if only we knew
what
> the new rules were. It is a bit like
enforcing speed limits, I might
> support lowering the speed limits where I live, but I wouldn't support
> empowering a traffic cop to issue traffic fines for an undisclosed
reason
> where I and other motorists were having to
speculate whether there was
now
> an invisible but enforced stop sign at
junction x, or an invisible but
> enforced parking restriction on street y. It is deeply ironic that in
> trying to combat toxic behaviour the WMF itself behaved in a toxic way.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>>> Hoi,
>>> I am astounded that you write as if the WMF is at fault in this. What
I
> find is that in stead of pointing to the WMF, it
is first and foremost
the
> community of the English Wikipedia who accepted the unacceptable and
> finally has to deal with consequences. True to form, no reflection on
en.wp
> practices and the blame is conveniently put elsewhere.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
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