[Wikipedia-l] Entries for deletion.... issues from the Third World

[Frederick Noronha]

Hmmm... some interesting issues being raised below. Just for argument
sake: what happens if an "un-notable" entry makes it to Wikipedia?
Would it be a grave error? Notability, after all, is mostly related to
context. Would Shakespeare have been as "noted" a writer, if he had to
be born in, say, Upper Egypt?

I think the problem lies elsewhere. The trouble is: people or
institutions being packaged to be what they are not. Or bloated claims
about institutions or organisations or individuals.

Rather than just delete entries for being un-notable, perhaps we need
to find ways to ensure that what's written is both accurate and
tallies with the reality. --FN

On 08/01/07, Steve <subsume at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe this is a rookie opinion, but I think that the AFD process tends to
> attract people who are focused on keeping wikipedia "uncluttered" and
> "relevant". They're always going to "err on the side of delete" and that's
> that. You can present anything to the people at AFD, but its a systemic
> habit. Those aren't just going to undo because of one person's polite
> suggestion.
>
> While I happen to think deletionists could be restrained greatly without
> loss to Wikipedia (since the articles they're deleting are hardly well
> connected and widely viewed), I'm just one opinion. Over the years I've
> noticed a kind of institutional insecurity grow in Wikipedia, over fears our
> pedia is being perceived as full of unverified internet rabble.
>
> -S
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