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A comment on Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash. Parent comment

Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by yummyfajitas on Monday February 14, 2011 @11:31AM (#2217331)
...it might be nice to prune the leaves from time to time to encourage growth in new directions

Could you explain the mechanism by which that would work?

Do you expect that the person contributing articles about Star Wars will, after his article on Boba Fett's brother in law is deleted, decided to write an article about critical feminist post-industrialist theory?

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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by owyn on Monday February 14, 2011 @12:11PM (#2217541)
Looks like I really ran into a buzzsaw here. Sorry for not presenting a magical unicorn for you on demand.

Sure, maybe in 10 years after they grow up and develop some interests besides Star Wars, that person might have something more useful to contribute.

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Re:Wikipedia's Notability Requirements And The Slash by carussell on Monday February 14, 2011 @03:51PM (#2218608)
Sorry for not presenting a magical unicorn for you on demand.

You're suggesting that this kind of deletionism is constructive in the long run. The onus is on you here.

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