The Battle for Wikipedia’s Soul #
March 6th, 2008 | In Worth Reading
I did enjoy Wikipedia’s time in the NY Review of Books, but I have to say that The Economist’s coverage of the battle between “inclusionists” and “deletionists” was more exciting and enlightening.
In practice, deciding what is trivial and what is important is not easy. How do you draw editorial distinctions between an article entitled “List of nicknames used by George W. Bush” (status: kept) and one about “Vice-presidents who have shot people” (status: deleted)? Or how about “Natasha Demkina: Russian girl who claims to have X-ray vision” (status: kept) and “The role of clowns in modern society” (status: deleted)?
For the record, I’d be an “inclusionist.”