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| Casliber |
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From time to time I participate at AfD and generally seems that the deletionists outnumber the inclusionists in most cases- I can only think of about 4 or 5 inclusionists and a rather larger number of 'the other side'. What has puzzled me, though, is the frequency that deletionists have either been confirmed using or being sockpuppets, or appeared highly suspicious. My question is, is this view only an apparent one, or is it a real association and if so, why? (i.e. why on earth sock if you outnumber the opposition anyway??)
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| guy |
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Postmaster General Group: Inactive Posts: 4,294 Joined: From: London Member No.: 23 |
It's not the removal of cruft. It's the removal of articles for ideological reasons (lists of Jews), because they want to deny that there are alternatives to Wikipedia (Wikinfo) or out of sheer spite (some of Taxwoman's articles).
One of the stranger Wikipedia rules is that articles about schools are exempt from speedy deletion; WP:CSD says "Other article types are not eligible for deletion by this criterion. If controversial, as with schools, list the article at Articles for deletion instead." Why? |
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| prospero |
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Member Group: Contributors Posts: 181 Joined: Member No.: 6,357 |
QUOTE(guy @ Sun 6th July 2008, 1:25pm)  It's not the removal of cruft. It's the removal of articles for ideological reasons (lists of Jews), because they want to deny that there are alternatives to Wikipedia (Wikinfo) or out of sheer spite (some of Taxwoman's articles). One of the stranger Wikipedia rules is that articles about schools are exempt from speedy deletion; WP:CSD says "Other article types are not eligible for deletion by this criterion. If controversial, as with schools, list the article at Articles for deletion instead." Why? I think CSD has been subject to much instruction creep. There's always something that somebody doesn't like, so they then edit war CSD until everyone else gets tired and gives up. Quite remarkable, actually. |
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Casliber Deletionists and sockpuppetry 
One Well, I'm not on board with your proposition, ... Casliber We've all seen odd pages here and there where ... 
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We've all seen odd pages here and there where... One Can you be specific? I don't think that sockin... thekohser
...why on earth sock if you outnumber the opposit... Jon Awbrey My guess, based on the attacks that I witnessed at... Poetlister There are people who don't like certain types ... that one guy Funny thing is that people who "vote stack... Firsfron of Ronchester
From time to time I participate at AfD and genera... SomeRandomAdmin One of the problems is that you have some rabid in... Kurt M. Weber
One of the problems is that you have some rabid i... prospero Well I think that there is nothing wrong with bein... SomeRandomAdmin
Nah, Kurt, you're missing the point. The fa... Firsfron of Ronchester
Oh, if only Badly Drawn Jeff was here... well, p... wikiwhistle
Nah, Kurt, you're missing the point. The fa... LamontStormstar The reason is that for many years, Wikipedia has g... badlydrawnjeff I'm still here.
Deletionism is simply a ridic... LamontStormstar Everything about wikipedia is mustering up cronies... Casliber Why should it be easier to delete cruft? Who does ... wikiwhistle
Why should it be easier to delete cruft? Who does... dancercotillion
However, unfortunately wikipedians tend to like a... prospero Another angry deletionist is trying to get Le Gran... |
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