On Jan 3, 2009, at 11:39 AM, geni wrote: > 2009/1/3 Phil Sandifer <[email protected]>: >> This should be required reading - it completely upends fundamental >> assumptions about our content, and has huge implications for things >> like deletion. The sense that our inclusion and notability policies >> put us at odds with readers who are not major parts of the community >> has always been there, but this troublingly nails it: the population >> of people who write articles and people who delete them are nearly >> exclusive. >> >> That's a huge issue. >> > > We've know this for over a year. The counter is the question of if it > holds true for new articles where most deletion actually takes place.
Well, though the flip side is that deletion of new articles tends to be the area that is least controversial in any sort of lasting sense. You get individually outraged people on the new articles area, but the deletions that lead to external controversies tend not to be the new article deletions. -Phil _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
