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==="Inclusionism" versus "deletionism"===

==="Inclusionism" versus "deletionism"===

This discussion, and the one at [[AFD Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]], parallel a very longstanding situation in Wikipedia between "inclusionists" and "deletionists." When people are allowed to edit without direct supervision, they concentrate on those topics for which they have the greatest enthusiasm, which leads to unbalanced coverage. It also leads to the creation of articles which detractors call "cruft." Aschlafly criticizes the overemphasis on pop culture, but I don't know if he's even run across the cruftier kinds of articles. Some specific topic areas that have generated heated discussion in the past, eventually leading to notability standards:

This discussion, and the one at [[AFD Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]], parallel a very longstanding situation in Wikipedia between "inclusionists" and "deletionists." When people are allowed to edit without direct supervision, they concentrate on those topics for which they have the greatest enthusiasm, which leads to unbalanced coverage. It also leads to the creation of articles which detractors call "cruft." Aschlafly criticizes the overemphasis on pop culture, but I don't know if he's even run across the cruftier kinds of articles. Some specific topic areas that have generated heated discussion in the past:

*Roads, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcong_Circle Netcong Circle], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Route_520_%28New_Jersey%29 County Road 520, New Jersey]

*Roads, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcong_Circle Netcong Circle], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Route_520_%28New_Jersey%29 County Road 520, New Jersey]

*Micronations, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Bumbunga Province of Bumbunga]

*Micronations, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Bumbunga Province of Bumbunga]

*Conlangs (artificially constructed languages), e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Pona Toki Pona]

*Conlangs (artificially constructed languages), e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Pona Toki Pona]

These are actually good articles of their kind because they've survived a process which eventually weeded out the "cruftier" examples. At one point enthusiasts were frequently adding whole articles on conlangs or micronations that appeared to be the creation of a single person or small group of people.  

*Lists, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_containing_the_name_of_a_ship,_aircraft_or_spacecraft List of songs containing the name of a ship, aircraft or spacecraft]

*Schools, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Middle_School Battlefield Middle School]

(No doubt Aschlafly, who keeps giving me rope on which I keep hanging myself, will add these to his examples of Wikipedian silliness...)

(No doubt Aschlafly, who keeps giving me rope on which I keep hanging myself, will add these to his examples of Wikipedian silliness...)

Inclusionists concentrate on the importance of building the encyclopedia and attracting contributions, and emphasize the virtues of improving rather than deleting sketchy articles on "silly" subjects. Deletionists emphasize the importance of keeping a high standard and getting rid of low-quality articles.... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:16, 16 February 2007 (EST)

Inclusionists concentrate on the importance of building the encyclopedia and attracting contributions, and emphasize the virtues of improving rather than deleting sketchy articles on "silly" subjects. Some inclusionists would accept articles on any topic whatsoever, subject only to "verifiability." Deletionists emphasize the importance of keeping a high standard and getting rid of low-quality articles that are not actually being improved. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:16, 16 February 2007 (EST)

A different problem, which Conservapedia does not seem to have encountered yet, is self-promotion. As Wikipedia began to attract wide notice, it occurred to many people that an article in Wikipedia could be an inexpensive form of publicity. This has led to fairly formalized "notability" criteria for websites, corporations, and rock bands. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:13, 16 February 2007 (EST)

==WWII German Entries==

==WWII German Entries==