[WikiEN-l] Deletionism fails to serve the readers

[David Gerard]

On 19/06/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:25:19 -0400, "The Cunctator"
> <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:

> >We've always been a target for vanity, spam and all manner of
> >self-serving crap. See BJAODN.
> >(Not to say that things don't change when you're in the top of nearly
> >every Google search, just that people have feared and fretted over
> >vandals and barbarians from day one.)

> Difference: the reward is now greater, and with it the determination.
> I think people like Jason Gastrich have showed us this.


I'm not sure. I think the effect could just be numbers - i.e., there's
a certain proportion of persistent nutters who just can't be told, and
we get more readers, so we get more editors, so we get more nutters.


- d.