[WikiEN-l] The deletion paradox

[Ray Saintonge]

Steve Bennett wrote:

>Hi all,
>  This is the deletion paradox as I see it:
>
>1) Wikipedia has nearly a million articles. A very large number of
>them are crap. The more articles we delete, the better.
>2) Deleting articles causes unhappiness and tension. The more articles
>we delete, the more unhappiness and tension.
>
>Anyone have a solution?
>
Has anyone considered the possibility of improving those crap articles?  
That would be a fine lateral solution to the paradox.

Ec