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

[White Cat]

The Phoenix will surely rise again. How soon? Time will tell.
  - White_Cat

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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