[WikiEN-l] Feeling encyclopedic but uncreative? Hit WP:AFC

[Will]

On 28/05/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> People still put stuff in WP:AFC, and useful things linger there for
> *months*. I discovered this when looking up the [[dekatron]] on
> Wikipedia. (Vintage electronics only remembered by long-since-retired
> techies? Just the thing for Wikipedia!) There was no article. I did a
> search and found an article had been lingering in AFC since last
> August. It wasn't a great article, but it was much more useful than
> nothing. I'm cleaning it up as we speak.
>
> WP:AFC contains stupendous amounts of crap, of course. But then, so
> does Wikipedia. So if you're bored and want to extend the encyclopedia
> rather than just do administrative noodling, it might be a useful
> place to start.
>
> By the way, will anon article creation *ever* be switched back on?
> What's the problem?
>
>
> - d.
>
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Ah, AFC, it's the archetype of Sturgeon's Law. I tend to deny, deny, deny,
and clear out some backlog from time to time, but I do agree useful stuff is
there. I created a Paul Simon album article that was on WP:AFC. Still, it's
annoying after Colbert is on, talking about Wikipedia.