[WikiEN-l] Profoundly bad idea.

James Hare messedrocker at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 23:57:01 UTC 2006


The problem is we've let it slide for so long we now have tens (if not
hundreds) of thousands of articles that are acceptable by basic editorial
standards. If only fixing the existing problems (while more and more are
introduced) was feasible.

On 12/5/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion_criterion_for_unsourced_articles
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> I just don't have the energy to fight.
>
> One of my favorite things about Wikipedia is the sense of self-reliance.
>
> In other words, if there's something that bugs you, fix it.
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> If Wikipedia is missing an entry, create one.[1]
> If Wikipedia's information is incorrect or incomplete, fix it.
> If Wikipedia's sourcing is insufficient, add a source.
> If Wikipedia's spelling is bad, fix it.
>
> Fix fix fix.
>
> Instead of complain complain complain delete delete delete.
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> But hey. We're getting near the 7-year life cycle of most such innovative
> projects, so I'm expecting the major successful fork pretty soon.
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> [1] An option now forbidden[2] to most users of Wikipedia
> [2] By "forbidden" I mean "put behind a wall of forced registration and
> yet
> another freaking password to remember".
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