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> Yes, they probably don't. But what is the cost of having them? I like the idea that the articles on Wikipedia are generally on "notable" topics or people. Wh
by Permit 6y ago
> Yes, they probably don't. But what is the cost of having them?
I like the idea that the articles on Wikipedia are generally on "notable" topics or people. When I am reading an article I know that it has probably been eyed up and down by deletionists, hunting for any excuse to delete it, but they walked away unable to do so. That's a very useful signal to me!
For example, right now I can look someone up and use "has a Wikipedia page" as a rough proxy for "is well known". If everyone had Wikipedia pages, I could no longer do this.
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoAs gp says, though, a deletionist flag and deletionist viewport would accomplish that just as well, while preserving more obscure and niche topics.
- kerkeslager 6y agoAnother possibility is to have it in the positive: have a notability flag.
- jakub_g 6y agoIn general I agree with you on "has wikipedia article ~= notable". However it's well known that WP editors are biased and for example, articles about women get deleted where a similar article about a man wouldn't be.