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andrewjho, I can see you are very passionate about this. But you seem to be arguing with everyone in this thread. So, first, let me tell you that I largely ag
by FiatLuxDave 10y ago
andrewjho, I can see you are very passionate about this.
But you seem to be arguing with everyone in this thread.
So, first, let me tell you that I largely agree with you
about inclusionism. What you want... yeah, I want that
too. However, Wikipedia is a collection of information, as well as an encyclopedia, a process, and a community. You find yourself in the position of disagreeing with the community. This can suck, because it is obvious that you wouldn't feel so passionate if you didn't love Wikipedia.
I recommend that you direct your passion towards expanding the Wikipedia community into a new direction commensurate with your goals. Sometimes communities need to separate in order to make everyone happy. A good city needs both the quiet streets with toddlers on bikes and the hot nightspots
with pounding music. Do you have a right to play your
music? Damn straight, I say, and play it loud and proud. But your neighbors may be perfectly justified in saying
"not here, we believe this is supposed to be a quiet street". That seems to be the nature of your disagreement with the community.
I'm not aware of Wikipedia having any policy against deep
linking. There have also been a number of success stories
of special interest Wikipedias (e.g. wookiepedia,
Conservapedia) which have been successful. In theory, you could start an "everythingopedia" which includes Wikipedia as a subset through deep linking (therefore making it very useful) in addition to your other items which would be deleted in the normal Wikipedia. I don't know if someone has already tried this, but it seems to me that you will find more success making a place for your own type of community than trying to change the minds of a community which does not agree with you.