On 08.01.2010, 22:42 Tei wrote: > It will be a good idea to pass the memo to the guys that design the > notability rules.
> http://ioquake3.org/2009/02/20/ioquake3-entry-deleted-from-wikipedia/ > Since most (all?) opensource proyects are webonly, and don't get in > the press, are on some "obscure" area of the web where something can > be wildly popular for these in-the-know, and invisible for these that > edit and delete articles. > I mean, I can write a bot to nominate *all* opensource projects > articles on wikipedia for speedy deletion, and few ones (maybe 6) will > survive that. <offtopic severity="Will not engage in further flamewar on-list"> FFS, how can one maintain an article without reliable sources? What such an article will look like? Enough article-count-stacking, emphasis on quality, even if that means systemic bias. Wikipedia is not a registry of open-source projects. And those projects that an average user might search for tend to have some sources, guess why? As of counter examples of fancruft, there's one 100% recipe: remove all in-universe crap and slap {{db-empty}} if there's nothing left. </offtopic> -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
