[WikiEN-l] The deletion paradox

[Fred Bauder]

How about improving articles rather than deleting?

Fred

On Jan 30, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:

> [originally sent yesterday but didn't seem to get through the
> moderator, perhaps due to my mail server?]
>
> 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?
>
> Steve
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