[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia broken

[Steve Block]

Sydney Poore wrote:
> Serious encyclopedia means leaving out material that is not encyclopedic.  Too many editors are stretching the meaning of encyclopedic to include anything that can be sourced. During Afd, it is very common for editors to cite tabloids, forums or publicly written dictionaries such as Urban Dictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/. Since it takes a super majority to delete, often the outcome is no consensus and the material stays.  

True.  I'm currently bogged down in [[LUEshi]], [[UGOPlayer]] 
[[GameFAQS]] and [[GameFAQs message boards]].  That's before I start on 
[[Internet Phenomenon]]. There's no chance of getting them deleted, 
simply because of pile on voting, but trying to keep them even 
pragmatically close to [[WP:V]], [[WP:NOR]] and [[WP:NPOV]] is a 
nightmare.  Wikipedia seems far too easy to game; simply create an 
article on your message board, every time it's listed for deletion 
mention it on your message board, and just keep re-adding material 
that's removed.  There really needs to be a high profile place for 
getting the attention of editors.  Maybe we need a WikiProject for 
encyclopaedic standards. Or do we have that already?

Steve block


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