[WikiEN-l] The deletion paradox

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Mon Jan 30 22:58:48 UTC 2006


Steve Bennett wrote:
> [originally sent yesterday but didn't seem to get through the
> moderator, perhaps due to my mail server?]
> 
> Hi all,
>   This is the deletion paradox as I see it:
> 
> 1) Wikipedia has nearly a million articles. A very large number of
> them are crap. The more articles we delete, the better.
> 2) Deleting articles causes unhappiness and tension. The more articles
> we delete, the more unhappiness and tension.

Like a bandaid -- rip it off fast. ;-)



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