Wikipedia sadly has a cancerous parasite that mocks its mission to be the sum of all knowledge:
DELETIONISM.
If Jimbo Wales wanted to live in a world where everyone can share into the sum of all knowledge, he should act against the ravenous deletionism. He could start by tossing WP:G5 and WP:G13 down the moat.
I already have asked Eric what he thinks about this, and here is his answer.
But what do you think?
How would you have designed MediaWiki differently?
How would you have designed MediaWiki differently, if you could?
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How would you have designed MediaWiki differently, if you could?
#BbbGate
Weaponizing WP:G5
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Weaponizing WP:G5
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ericbarbour wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:22 am[Wikipedia is] a stupid video game, and the "encyclopedia" is an accidental byproduct.
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Stop the deletionism
More I would change about MediaWiki:
- Maybe an archive for out-of-scope articles that would otherwise have been deleted (and thus potentially lost for eternity).
Purpose: Users of third-party wikis (e.g. deletionpedia, uncyclopedia, etc.) might consider these articles valueable within their scope and would like to keep them. - Also, the creators of articles should automatically receive an emailed copy of their article (including revision history) upon deletion so they have a chance to enrich an alternative Wiki with that information.
#BbbGate
Weaponizing WP:G5
Oops! Didn't think we'd see? It's right there on WikipediaSucks.co!
Weaponizing WP:G5
Oops! Didn't think we'd see? It's right there on WikipediaSucks.co!
ericbarbour wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:22 am[Wikipedia is] a stupid video game, and the "encyclopedia" is an accidental byproduct.