Call For Halt To Wikipedia Webcomic Deletions

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "Howard Tayler, the webcomic artist of Schlock Mercenary fame, is calling on people not to donate money during the latest Wikimedia Foundation fund-raiser. This is to protest the 'notability purges' taking place throughout Wikipedia, where articles are being removed en-masse by what many see as overzealous admins. The webcomic community in particular has long felt slighted by the application of Wikipedia's contentious Notability policy. Wikinews reporters have recently begun investigating this issue, but are the admins listening?"

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Re:Admins to blame?

[ta bu shi da yu]

Trivia is bad because in essence it's about unimportant information. Wikipedia is first and foremost an encyclopedia, not a bunch of unimportant facts. If the information is important, then it's not trivia. If the information is not important to the subject, then it shouldn't be included. If the topic is about something trivial, then it shouldn't be on Wikipedia - go put it somewhere else.

We routinely remove information. Our policies mandate it. For instance, you may not include original research.

I think people should quit thinking that Wikipedia is just a place to dump stuff. That's not its intended purpose, nor has it ever been purported to be.

Re:Admins to blame?

[ta bu shi da yu]

Exactly what "votes" are you referring to? And why do you believe that the "votes" have been deleted?