[WikiEN-l] (no subject)

[James Hare]

I've been thinking of searching through the deletion logs, taking everything
that's not "JOSH LIKES MEN LOLOLOL" and putting it on a website so if
Wikipedia wants it again or an independent wiki they can look at it then
I'll ship off the good stuff to them.

Even if some things are a bit too... specialist, they could go on a Wikia
wiki.

On 1/12/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
>
>
> >-----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?
> >
> >--
> >--
> >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
>
>
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