[WikiEN-l] Ars Technica: Prof replaces term papers with Wikipedia contributions, suffering ensues

[Eugene van der Pijll]

David Gerard schreef:
> On 30/10/2007, Wily D <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  It's really not very hard at all.  The obiggest problem is
> > probably the anti-redlink culture that's growing very strong, that
> > keeps people uninformed on what needs writing.
> > More than anything else, the fact that writers are so strongly biased
> > against redlinks these days is a huge reason new page creation has
> > gone down.
> 
> This is bad. How to get across to the fervently anti-redlink (and they
> exist) their error?

The only solution I can come up with is to ask them on their talk page
why they don't think [[subject]] can have a Wikipedia article.

Oh, and one other thing: give the people at [[Wikipedia:Featured article
candidates]] a stern talking-to. Some of the search results for "red
link" on the current page:

"Only a little problem - red links should be adressed or removed."
"For FA, I'd lose the red links, either create stubs or unwikify, just
for aesthetics."
"For instance, the names in the infobox, if linked, will generate a lot
of red links, which aren't desirable."

etc., all by different editors.

Eugene