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Debating "Deletionism" At Wikipedia

Posted by timothy on from the edit-this-story-one-comment-at-a-time dept.

Ian Lamont writes "In a strange turn of events, the Wikipedia entry for Deletionpedia — an online archive of deleted Wikipedia articles — is now being considered for deletion. The entry for Deletionpedia was created shortly after the publication of an Industry Standard article and a discussion on Slashdot this week. Almost immediately, it was nominated for deletion, which has sparked a running debate about the importance of the Wikipedia entry, Deletionpedia, and the sources that reference it. For the time being, you can read the current version of the Deletionpedia entry, while the Wikipedia editors carry on the debate."

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  1. Easy. by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is the website notable? Has the mainstream media reported on it? Does it meet the requirements listed in WP:WEB, the guideline for website notability?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(web)

    This should be all anyone needs to know to !vote on the issue. There is no 'special pass' for things that have been on Slashdot, or are about Wikipedia.

  2. The debate is over, article will not be deleted by Kethinov · · Score: 5, Informative

    The debate is over. The result of the discussion was keep. See talk page.

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    1. Re:The debate is over, article will not be deleted by ninjapiratemonkey · · Score: 5, Informative

      Technically, the result of the debate was "no consensus", which means that they won't delete it. But it's not that they decided to keep it, it's that they couldn't agree enough to delete it.

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  3. Re:Deleting ANYTHING? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you saw some of the absolute crap that comes in as new articles on an hourly basis, you would quickly see the merit of deleting at least a few things. I've lost count of how many articles about garage bands that formed a month ago, childish "_____ is the coolest person ever!!!", vanity articles, and loony diatribes that I've marked for speedy deletion.