[WikiEN-l] Here's an interesting one
Delirium
delirium at hackish.org
Wed Feb 1 15:37:35 UTC 2006
Jimmy Wales wrote:
>Eventually producing a good encyclopedia is _exactly_ what I'm talking
>about. That's why it's better to delete crap than keep it. Having tons
>and tons of junk articles does not help us create a good quality
>encyclopedia; it encourages more of the same.
>
>
It depends on what you mean by "junk article". If it's an article that
cannot possibly prove useful to a future editor, then yes, it should be
deleted. Most stubs aren't in this category, though.
If it's an article that is not good *now* as an article, but might be
useful to a future editor, then it shouldn't be deleted---instead we
should develop some sort of labeling system so a reader who stumbles
onto it is properly notified that this article is very much a
work-in-progress and not yet ready for serious use as a reference.
-Mark
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