ploumAug 20, 2024

Unpopular opinion: the only rule for having a Wikipedia page about a topic should be : "Would someone in the world ever look for information about this topic on Wikipedia?"

The reason why some zealots try to remove "non-notable enough" pages is because they think it is a badge of honor to be on Wikipedia.

The reason why it is a badge of honor is because some zealots spend their time removing pages considered "non-notable enough".

Show threadecharlieAug 20, 2024

@ploum I've had people fight tooth and nail to remove single paragraphs I've written, where I can't be bothered to find a high-quality non-primary source.

My metric for editing wikipedia is "it was a pain to find this information the first time"

Show threadWilliam Pietri
@notecharlie @ploum I get why you want that, but I'm not convinced you understand why they don't.
Aug 21, 2024 at 2:08amWeb