[WikiEN-l] I'm disappointed in Wikipedia.

[Anthony]

On 6/10/07, David Mestel <david.mestel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Except that since there seem to be more articles requiring improvement
> than
> there are people willing or able to devote time to improving them, the
> question is not "would we want the article if it were improved?", but "do
> we
> think that the article in its current state is beneficial to the quality
> of
> the encyclopedia?".


I'd say the key question is closer to "do we think that the article in its
current state is beneficial to the job of writing an encyclopedia".
Wikipedia is, after all, a continual work in progress.

On 10/06/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/10/07, The Mangoe <the.mangoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Since it isn't, it gets put through AfD to force someone to put
> > > up a real reason. I don't think there's anything wrong with
> > > this, other than people write this kind of article in the first
> > > place instead of providing the notability themselves.
> >
> > If you have been nominating, for deletion, articles which you believe
> > could (or even should) be improved rather than deleted, please cease
> > and desist right now.
> >
> > —C.W.
> >
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