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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by waterlesscloud on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:12AM (#2215751)
Why is it "way too many"? Seriously, that implies that some harm is being done. What harm?
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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by owyn on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:20AM (#2215777)
It's not harmful, just silly. There are N articles about star wars and M articles about africa. When N > M to a ridiculous level, I'm okay with pruning stuff. I've never made a single edit to wikipedia though. Looks like I'm encountering some nerd rage.
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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by wnoise on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:27AM (#2215796)
Pruning articles about Star Wars doesn't actually improve the number (or quality) of articles about Africa. Deleting Star Wars articles won't make the contributors suddenly interested in writing articles about Africa instead.
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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by psykotic on Monday February 14, 2011 @04:36AM (#2216103)
> Deleting Star Wars articles won't make the contributors suddenly interested in writing articles about Africa instead.

If anything, the opposite happens. Contributors first come for special interests. Once welcomed into the community, they will stick around and their contributions broaden in scope. Was the interest that sparked their involvement Elizabethan drama or Star Wars? Who cares.

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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by jacques_chester on Monday February 14, 2011 @03:12AM (#2215896)
Otherwise put:

1. Articles are not substitutable goods.

2. The supply of articles is not a zero sum game.

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