[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Taking your eyes off the ball

Sun Oct 2 17:57:37 UTC 2005

On 10/2/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/2/05, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Quite. All of these failings could be addressed in a five-day AfD-like
> > process where 100 articles are listed at random and either improved to
> > presentable standard or, if consensus exists to reject, marked as in
> need of
> > attention.
> >
>
> Your idea runs into the problem (that inclusionism makes worse) that
> people want to write about stuff they are interested in.
>

This isn't a problem. It's what has made English Wikipedia one of the
largest reference works in the English language.

Articles on subjects in which nobody shows any interest should probably not
be on our main page.