On 3/14/08, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com> wrote:
Whatever we do, let's not get hung up on those two
terms
"inclusionist" and "deletionist". They're pretty nearly
meaningless. I'm reminded of an old joke: a nymphomaniac
is anyone who's having more sex than you are. Similarly, a
deletionist is merely someone who wants to delete more articles
than you personally do (and vice versa for inclusionists).
I'd rather find meaningful definitions for them. I'm not feeling very
creative today, but how about:
Deletionist: Someone who thinks there are too many poor quality
articles in Wikipedia, and that deleting them is a good short term
solution.
Inclusionist: Someone who thinks that there are not enough good
quality articles in Wikipedia, and retaining poor quality articles is
a good long term solution.
(I deliberately want there to be overlap - someone could be both.)
Steve