[WikiEN-l] Notability etymology and history (was Re: WP:EPISODE)

[geni]

On 03/01/2008, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> Oh please.  "universities", then.  I'm trying to get a feeling for how
> big of a problem you think this is.

Double digits. Doesn't help that people tend to react badly when you
call them a diploma mill.

> I also thought of something while waiting for your response.  If
> maintenance is the problem, wouldn't protection be better than
> deletion?  Instead of deleting 80% of articles on "universities" to
> reduce the maintenance load, why not protect them on a rotating
> schedule where 20% are unprotected each day during a five day period?

Because articles are created with maintenance problems and restricting
editing on the scale is not acceptable.

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geni