Is Wikipedia’s “Deletionism” Out of Control?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 22, 2010

“Wikipedia has become famous, or perhaps infamous, for its
intolerance of new content. That is to say, there’s a dedicated
group within Wikipedia’s community that prides itself on pruning
content from Wikipedia rather than being inclusionist on new
content.

“The deletionists are getting renewed attention after proposing
that the dwm entry be deleted because it’s a a “non-notable window
manager.” While dwm may less notable than other desktop
environments and window managers, most users would probably find it
more useful than not to have an entry describing dwm in
Wikipedia.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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