On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 06/03/2008, David Gerard wrote:
Two million? We've barely started.
Definitely. See the following for just some of the subjects "at arms' length": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_comparisons
See also the latest episode of WikipediaWeekly (partial transcript at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode42#Growth_of_W... plus a few replies on its talkpage.
The longer I spend at Wikipedia (3 years now, not bad), the more I grow to favour Inclusionism, Mergism, and Incrementalism. They seem to be the most optimistic and practical way to continue dreaming big. (which is why I and everyone I know contributes. big dreams)
Deletionists are the main cause of harm to both our "community/ies" and our public image.
"a man's reach should exceed his grasp" or else what are we for?
(As best expressed in the recent piece by Nicholson Baker/wageless: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21131
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