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Any discussion of inclusionists vs deletionists must take into account the huge numbers of WP pages on porn stars. If a six-sentence article on a porn star is w
by dsr_ 7y ago
Any discussion of inclusionists vs deletionists must take into account the huge numbers of WP pages on porn stars. If a six-sentence article on a porn star is worth keeping, there shouldn't be any argument at all about Clarice Phelps.
(That's not whataboutism: I'm not saying that the six-sentence porn star article isn't worthy. I'm saying that Wikipedia is a wretched hive of infighting bureaucrats with systemic biases.)
- krapp 7y agoThat might be an example of a second-order bias as mentioned in the article. Female porn stars may be more often directly cited and thus more "notable" in their field by Wikipedia's standards than female academics who might struggle to have their contributions recognized.