[WikiEN-l] Why changing the deletion process is a bad idea

[Snowspinner]

On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:23 AM, JAY JG wrote:

>> From: Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com>
>>
>> On 13/09/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote: But
>> > keeping unencyclopedic ones hurts Wikipedia too.
>>
>> Does it? How?
>>
>
> It reduces the credibility of the project.
>
> Jay.

I would rather have an encyclopedia that has a truly staggering  
amount of information but that some people dismiss because it has  
some silly articles than a well-respected but heavily incomplete  
encyclopedia. If I wanted that, I'd just go to Britannica.

-Snowspinner