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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by gojomo on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @06:32PM (#288585)
That's the wrong direction: more selective.

The right direction: Wikipedia with a constitutional bias against deletionism. Only false, illegal, or privacy-violating information should be deleted. Everything true should be welcomed.

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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by hugh on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @07:24PM (#288621)
Sweet! You should start one of those.

I look forward to creating the article "List of random numbers generated by hugh's random number generator on September 18, 2008".

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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by rsheridan6 on Thursday August 28, 2008 @10:37AM (#289152)
That would be a useless article, but it would be harmless, assuming a sane policy that doesn't allow for terabyte-long articles that strain server resources. Nobody would link to it and nobody would read it, even if your really posted it - which you wouldn't, because you have better things to do.
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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by william42 on Thursday August 28, 2008 @01:46PM (#289327)
I look forward to watching it turn into the 4chan wiki.
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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by gojomo on Thursday August 28, 2008 @01:34AM (#288892)
At some point, an excessive contributor would have to sponsor their own material. It's a business model!
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