geni wrote:
Depends on how may articles you have to deal with. Up to about 10 million keeping the error rate low is the driving force. Beyond that as the inability to maintain kicks in the balance should be expected to shift somewhat.
For example at the present time a fairly significant case could be made that we should be more ready to delete articles on "universities" since it would appear that our ability to maintain such articles in a state where they are not actively misleading is being surpassed by the shear number of the darn things.
Hm, I made the same case for low-notability bios a long time ago. Only when we fail to maintain them against determined POV pushers, libelers and malicious exes - far more damage is done than with universities.
Perhaps it is time to look again at out "default is keep" in areas where we have a maintenance problem that is damaging us. A gentle move towards "we keep what we agree to keep", in these specific areas, is perhaps overdue.
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