On 8/28/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
... In the same vein, there's also a persistent bias against "deletion" which I can't comprehend. We're all called editors, and the best editors cut ruthlessly and relentlessly. (Not thoughtlessly, though, and I think that some people doing it thoughtlessly have created a bias against doing it at all. This is something else which must be addressed.)
I think the latter point is the key there. I'm all for editorial (in the improve the coverage or writing or content sense) deletion; I know that saying with a really good sentence what takes a really crappy paragraph is high art and a goal for us all.
Saying better and more directly and sometimes more tersely is good. Taking content out because you don't think it belongs in this encyclopedia is very different.
That is not to say we don't have crap, but ...