[WikiEN-l] Re: How to bring back people who don't want to bother?

[David Gerard]

Justin Cormack wrote:

>There are other reasons to create non wikipedia wikis too.


Yes, but in this case it's essentially the same sort of thing as a
specialist area in Wikipedia - they're specifically not wanting to
bother because AFD is *officially* an ignorantocracy now.


>Encourage them to use a compatible license, and encourage them
>to use commons for media.


At least the first, certainly!


>Whats the field?


Doll collectors, as I said. Significant hobby economically, these
things go for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars ... see
http://www.denofangels.com/ and [[Super Dollfie]] (one of the most
popular examples).

You can argue that Wikipedia can live without them. And of course it
can. But having a (deserved IMO) reputation for stupidity making
people from specialist fields not even want to bother with Wikipedia
is surely NOT a good thing for us. At all.


- d.