[WikiEN-l] How do "deletionists" find articles to delete?

[Gurch]

David Ashby wrote:
>> Anyone who thinks they're an "inclusionist" should do Special:Newpages
>> patrol some time. OH MY GOODNESS THE FIREHOSE OF CRAP!
> 
> Tangent: so the banning of IP article creation has totally failed in
> its stated goal, namely to cut back on the "FIREHOSE OF CRAP"?
> 
> Interesting.  Perhaps it's time for a re-examination of that policy.
> 
> -David

The banning of article creation by anonymous users significantly reduced 
the number of junk articles being created. Back then I was one of the 
people tagging, not deleting, but I remember the decision.

But that was over a year ago. Wikipedia has grown quite a lot in that 
time, and has become far, far more popular with people seeking to use 
Wikipedia for promotional purposes. It wouldn't surprise me at all if 
the rate at which unsuitable articles are being created now far exceeds 
the rate at which they were being created a year ago.

I fail to see your point, however. Allowing anonymous users to create 
articles again would result in yet more unsuitable articles. How does 
that help anything?

-Gurch