If someone is searching for an article on the subject, they aren't going to think that, are they?
*bangs head against wall* Stupid David! Should have thought of that.
To be honest, I think that one of the main reasons is that articles on non-notable subjects are usually badly written/unverified...
David
On 26/12/06, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Because if it's on the talk page, readers won't come to it through the search box and think, "Oh, look how stupid this encyclopedia is, they have an article on a ridiculous subject like that". Isn't that basically why we delete articles?
If someone is searching for an article on the subject, they aren't going to think that, are they?
As for why we delete non-notable articles - it's a controversial subject. There are plenty of people that think we shouldn't. My main reason for supporting such deletions are based around consistancy - if we have an article on one band that's never released anything, we should have articles on every band that's never released anything, otherwise we have systematic bias. I don't think we delete them to stop people reading them and thinking badly of us - if they've found the article, they are probably interested in the subject. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l