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You might get more results searching for "deletionism vs inclusionism", which seems to be the most widely used name for the debate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

• angersock 12y ago
  What's the current general stance on that these days I wonder? What's the prevailing wind?
  • VLM 12y ago
    The deletionists won and quite a few people refuse to participate anymore. Which leads to declining quality of article and moderation...
    • chris_mahan 12y ago
      I was one of those who left. I let my adminship elapse after 10 years. I also don't contribute much to SO, or to any SE properties, despite being on the early public beta. (remember the signup as a google spreadhseet). I'm ID 479 on SO.
    • merrua 12y ago
      Yep. And the deletionists where more often the "majority" culture and male, which resulted in a feedback loop for the nonminority and female. New minority turn up, have a bad experience and leaves. I think it was studied let me see if I can find the paper. I know the results were replicated with comment bots. Update, not the ones I was thinking of but a good read. HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn't) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pdf/item/5605.pdf http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pdf/item/5605.pdf
  • indymike 12y ago
    That discussion has been deleted.