[WikiEN-l] Psychological correlates of deletionism/inclusionism?

[Fred Bauder]

> Why do you never hear complaints from inclusionists about Star Wars
> articles being deleted? Because so many were deleted that the involved
> editors finally bit the bullet and escaped to Wikia, and the only ones
> that are left are either ones onboard with rigid constrictive policies
> or have seen their efforts fail and learned to comply with the current
> regime. What happened with Star Wars could be said of many of the
> Wikias. (One of the more amusing Wikipedia conspiracy theories I've
> seen is that Wales & Angela deliberately encouraged or let En slide
> towards deletionism because it provided a demand for his Wikia
> startup. I doubt they intended any such thing, but the effect was the
> same.) .
>
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> gwern
> http://www.gwern.net

Jimbo and Angela did not play a significant role in debates over
inclusion and deletion; it just happens that people with a passion for a
subject treasure every detail which makes for a good wikia wiki.

Fred