Heresy!
On 1/8/07, Frederick Noronha fred@bytesforall.org wrote:
Hmmm... some interesting issues being raised below. Just for argument sake: what happens if an "un-notable" entry makes it to Wikipedia? Would it be a grave error? Notability, after all, is mostly related to context. Would Shakespeare have been as "noted" a writer, if he had to be born in, say, Upper Egypt?
I think the problem lies elsewhere. The trouble is: people or institutions being packaged to be what they are not. Or bloated claims about institutions or organisations or individuals.
Rather than just delete entries for being un-notable, perhaps we need to find ways to ensure that what's written is both accurate and tallies with the reality. --FN
On 08/01/07, Steve subsume@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe this is a rookie opinion, but I think that the AFD process tends
to
attract people who are focused on keeping wikipedia "uncluttered" and "relevant". They're always going to "err on the side of delete" and
that's
that. You can present anything to the people at AFD, but its a systemic habit. Those aren't just going to undo because of one person's polite suggestion.
While I happen to think deletionists could be restrained greatly without loss to Wikipedia (since the articles they're deleting are hardly well connected and widely viewed), I'm just one opinion. Over the years I've noticed a kind of institutional insecurity grow in Wikipedia, over fears
our
pedia is being perceived as full of unverified internet rabble.
-S
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