[WikiEN-l] To boldy delete what no one had deleted before!

[The Cunctator]

We should rename this project "Newpedia" or something.

Hmm... maybe a little jazzier....

How about "Nupedia"?



On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:40 AM, <wjhonson at aol.com> wrote:

> <<From: White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>
> I am sorry I still do not get it.
> 1) Is your proposal going to completely hide "unfinished" articles from
> the
> public? If so who will be able to see them? Admins? Users?>>
>
> To hide those articles which are unfinished, or which the community has
> decided are unfinished.  So the AfD process becomes simply the "Hide It
> process" much less contentious.
>
> <<2) How would you decide which article is ready for public consumption
> or not? A process like "requests for publishing"?>>
>
> Everything gets published as normal, until someone flags it and then
> you would have a process just like AfD, except the end result would
> simply be to hide it, not delete it.
>
> <<3) Isn't your proposal hiding all stubs as well as some other
> articles?
> After all no stub by very definition is ready for "public
> consumption".>>
>
> No.  It has nothing to do with stubs or non-stubs.  Stubs are published
> today, and they would be published tomorrow.  The only thing this does
> is provide a way for AfD to turn into something with less conflict.
>
> <<4) I am not "ready to accept" anything I am forced to accept. Your
> tone
> implies I have no other choice to either accept your proposal or mass
> deletions. Mass deletion itself has no consensus behind it and is
> disruptive.>>
>
> You always have a choice.  When you are going 60 mph toward a lake and
> need to turn either left or right, you have to decide fairly quickly to
> avoid a more perilous result.
>
>
> <<5) You seem to have a workable idea but perhaps need to organize
> thoughts a bit.>>
>
> Thank you.  A sentiment reflected by countless others before you.
>
> Will Johnson
>
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