Andrew Lih wrote:
I guess this could be cast as a finer grain
interpretation of
inclusionism and deletionism.
Absolute inclusionist - any and everything should be in Wikipedia
Optimistic inclusionist - maybe not good now, but it may be, keep and
check back later
Pessimistic deletionist - may be good sometime, but delete it now, and
keep only when good
Absolute deletionist - it's not "encyclopediac", get rid of it
Hey, you left out eventualism, which will ultimately triumph over both
inclusionism and deletionism (eventually, of course).
Absolute eventualist - Ignore VfD at all costs, because it just breeds
hostility and flame wars, and trust that in the end, the community will
keep/delete articles appropriately, even if they don't make the right
call the first time around (or sometimes even the second and third time)
Optimistic eventualist - Occasionally try and intervene by commenting on
VfD or attempting to salvage articles, to try and speed up the process
of reaching the right outcome eventually
Pessimistic eventualist - Believes that Wikipedia is eventually going to
fail anyway, so doesn't bother to participate in any of it
--Michael Snow