Devolving Power and Wikipedia
This entry was posted on 09-11-2007 and is filed under uncategorized.
Recently, Kelly Martin wrote about, "Devolving Power", as it applies to Wikipedia (WP) admins:
"...the fact that most editors cannot retrieve deleted articles, even when those articles have been deleted for being "nonnotable". Right now, deletion on Wikipedia is used for two totally different purposes: one is to remove articles deemed "unworthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia", and the other is to remove content which is legally, morally, or ethically problematic. The problem with using the same mechanism for both is that the first leaves too few people with the ability to see the "unworthy" article, while the second leaves the dangerous content where too many can see it -- any of 1300+ admins..." Power
I think she's right about using the same mechanism for both. We have two completely different situations here. WP should branch and approach each problem without regard to the existing common solution. I see an opportunity here: Not-Notable.com. I've written that whatever WP decides to not be for purity reasons, someone else will do, and that's the nature of competition. Some articles about Wikipedia should be headlined, "Wikipedia takes the high road, capitalists to fill the gap."
This subject relates to the deletion of the Misery (band) article issue of my recent blogs. I was concerned about where the disappeared article was? Answers.com, the WP mirror site, has it up, and I've copied it. I have the copy in case I decide to re-post it. The reason I didn't obtain a copy earlier is that my interest grew as the discussion went on. That, and real life takes up too much time. See a reproduction of the article here: Misery
