[WikiEN-l] Thousands of *awful* articles on websites

[Ray Saintonge]

Bogdan Giusca wrote:

>Wikipedia has way too many articles on websites, webcomics and
>other types of internet content -- likely thousands.
>
Too many on these subjects, or too few on "good" subjects?

>The problem is that around 95% of those articles are not sourced (or
>they are sourced from forum and blog posts) and at least 70% won't be
>able to be sourced because they were never mentioned in the mainstream
>press -- and probably very few were mentioned in books and journals.
>
If the subject is of trivial importance the sources should matter less.  
Since when did the mainstream press become obligatory?

>I deleted about 50 of them, which looked totally non-notable, but if I
>had to apply the rules, at least 80% would have to be deleted for
>lacking notability claims.
>
Makes you sound like a regular crusader.

>Can anyone suggest any solution to this?
>
Yes.  Spend more time _adding_ good content, and stop wasting your own 
time trying to get rid trivial material.  If the article starts with, 
"This article is about a webcomic," the readers are forwarned about the 
value of the article.

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