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

[Gwern Branwen]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 8:34 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> You're assuming they could have, and that this would have been worth
> doing. I don't think there's any reasonable basis for such an
> assumption, as it carries the implicit assumption that we understood
> Wikipedia well enough to make that sort of intervention, and that's
> definitely false.

Of course they *could* have tried. What we'll never know is if they
would have succeeded, because they didn't try. Gardner and the
Foundation seemed to eventually realize the problem, but eh, barn
doors and horses.

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> Once the herd got going, no one had much affect.

Managing the herd is what leaders were for.

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