[WikiEN-l] (no subject)

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen [mailto:cimonavaro at gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 09:14 AM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] (no subject)
>
>I personally fear systemic bias on wikipedia is being squeezed from
>two directions concurrently at the moment.
>
>The way AFD currently works means that pages which are not on many
>users watchlists is uniquely vulnerable to AFD-wonks predation. So
>that means that the bias stemming from our communitys composition not
>only affects what gets created but also what gets deleted. This
>two-way squeeze worries me.
>
>Although I commend in general terms the drive to emphasize quality
>over quantity, to me at least that does not extend so far as to
>emphasizing removal of content over creation of it. And this is a
>question that should at least be addressed. I think it would be useful
>if the board and or Jimbo uttered something on the matter to let us
>know how they view the question in general on this mailing list.
>
>I do not wish to make this a discussion of specific examples but
>rather a more general definition of guiding principles. But if
>necessary for illustrating the reality of the issue, I will find some
>examples to ground it in reality. I really don't think such is
>necessary, and would much prefer to discuss the matter under a "veil
>of ignorance" about which particular areas are most vulnerable, and in
>the abstract.
>
>So how about it? Even if we accept that quantity is *less* important
>than the quality, is creation still preferred over removal?
>
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>Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]

I'm with you on this, although my position is much more liberal than most. I think it is a shame that people's good work about significant subjects is routinely discarded.

Fred