[Wikipedia-l] Entries getting delete...

[Frederick Noronha]

Sorry about my earlier mail ending off mid-sentence. It should read as follows:

To my mind, I think a stronger test for Wikipedia-inclusion could be
accuracy of the entries. As long as outlandish claims are not made
about a particular entry, a project like the Wikipedia (not
constrained, theoretically, by paper or space ... and not intended to
be a hierarchical top-down, exclusvisit process) should have space to
reflect the diversity of our planet.

Thanks to all for spending so much attention on this issue! --FN
(currently in .au, based in Goa, India)

On 16/04/07, Frederick FN Noronha <fredericknoronha at gmail.com> wrote:
Continuing this question, may I ask a few related questions:

* Should "notability" be relevant as a test-of-value in a cyber
encyclopedia, where the amount of space available, at least
theoretically, is unlimited in scope?
* Isn't "notability" a relevant issue? For instance, in my village in
Goa, India, the old schoolteacher who ran a local tiny grocer's shop
was also "notable". So would Wikipedia have the space to include this
kind of diversity?
* What harm would there be if we extend the argument of "notability"
to the grassroots too? I'm not talking about including a page on my
pet dog who died on the Wikipedia. I'm more interested in, say,
creating space for reflecting the priorities of a tiny language group
on the west coast of India, which might not be able to compete with
the "notability" levels of a janitor in New York, London or New Delhi
(just stretching the argument).

To my mind, I think a stronger test for Wikipedia-inclusion could be
accuracy of the entries. As long as outlandish claims are not made
about a particular entry, a project like the Wikipedia (not
constrained, theoretically, by paper or space ... and
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