[WikiEN-l] Deletion for its own sake (was MUD history)

[The Cunctator]

No, just profoundly sad that Wikipedia is in what seems to be an inexorable
decline. But idea-based projects generally have about seven years of
innovation before they lose steam (see SRI, Xerox PARC, GNU, Apple). Perhaps
Wikipedia will enjoy a rebirth, but I expect its natural successor to emerge
under a different umbrella. Fortunately, the important thing for posterity
is that Wikipedia's core assets are under a free license.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM, White Cat
<wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>wrote:

> You high or something?
>  - White Cat
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Long live deletionism!
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia at zog.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > 2009/1/13 Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke <
> wikipedia at zog.org
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > > Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to
> have
> > > > > disappeared:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)&oldid=263769784<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784>
> > <
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The edit summary just says "oops".
> > > >
> > > > The deletion log helps in cases like this:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_(online_game)<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29>
> > <
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29
> > >
> > > >
> > > > "OTRS Courtesy blank"
> > > >
> > > > What probably happened is that someone who was unhappy with some of
> > > > the things said in the heat of the moment e-mailed the Wikipedia OTRS
> > > > service and asked for a courtesy deletion.
> > >
> > >
> > >  The entire discussion needed to be deleted, apparently. The page now
> > reads
> > > "The result was *delete*." with the rest of the deletion summary in
> html
> > > comment.
> > >
> > > I'm officially weirded out. :)
> > >
> > > Michel
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