On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:45 -0700, "Jim Andrews" <j...@vispo.com> wrote: > i recently attempted to put an article about an important contemporary > artist on wikipedia. it was repeatedly deleted by 'bearcat'. he said the
> artist wasn't notable enough to merit inclusion in wikipedia. i cited > articles about him in the guardian and nytimes, and books in which his > work > is written about. and his prix futura. and his work also as a producer for > the bbc, in addition to his independent work. this 'editor' bearcat just > doesn't seem to like his work, i guess. i also got one of the admins to > undelete the article. but that didn't prevent bearcat from deleting it > again. Bearcat is clearly a "deletionist". They are a real problem, and not just for well-referenced notable articles about art. They are convinced (and convince each other) that they are making Wikipedia better by removing articles based not so much on technicalities as on ostentatious ignorance of Wikipedia's own stated aims and criteria. They are wrong. - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
