39:
information and/or do not consider it of sufficient value to merit inclusion in
Knowledge (XXG). Depressingly often the only rationale for removing information is a perfunctory reference to Knowledge (XXG) "policies" (guidelines really) on trivia, notability, or original research (and occasionally more creative excuses, but those are the most destructive ones in my experience). It is very easy to raid articles looking for anything that is of no interest to you and is not quite ironclad enough not to fall foul of one conveniently broad interpretation or other of
300:
247:
322:
347:
51:, and perfunctorily delete them, either all at once or (much more insidiously and getting depressingly common) gradually stripping them down to nearly useless stubs. I originally found Knowledge (XXG) useful and came to love it because as a research resource it differed from printed encyclopedias in the wide range and especially wide
38:
RANT WARNING For a long time now I have been becoming increasingly discouraged and sickened by the growing tendency of certain editors to remove or delete information added in good faith and sometimes with considerable effort, apparently for no other reason than that they are unfamiliar with the
84:
in which GlassCobra puts it much better than I doubt I could ever do. If you have ever felt the urge to delete anything other than obvious copyright violations or utterly blatant vandalism (the sort of thing that involves racial or sexist slurs or
55:
of the information it contained (and I hope and pray will continue to contain). Given that it has become more and more common for me to have to find the truly useful information in
Knowledge (XXG) in the
60:
rather than in the articles themselves (!), I am finding it harder and harder not to think of this perfunctory deletionism as sheer vandalism. (If you feel this is too strongly worded, consider
20:
77:
16:
I have been editing
Knowledge (XXG) without an account for a while, but I finally started an account to help myself keep track of my own contributions.
388:
392:
202:
65:
69:
430:
278:
271:
230:
383:
32:
40:
425:
420:
415:
180:
150:
121:
102:
73:
61:
372:
90:
48:
44:
186:
155:
127:
114:
170:
28:
321:
142:
409:
86:
24:
299:
283:
355:
246:
255:
346:
329:
306:
72:, and so on, and start raiding them and stripping them down). So
64:
it would be for me to call various subjects of no interest to me
209:
98:
96:
Back after a long absence, but I stand by my rant ;)
76:, let me bend over backwards one more time and refer to
305:This user enjoys contributing to Knowledge (XXG)
178:Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau
8:
176:
226:This user prefers to be referred to using
35:for making me aware of this terminology).
371:
7:
166:
138:
110:
93:), I strongly urge you to read it.
14:
366:
345:
340:
320:
316:
298:
294:
266:
245:
240:
217:
74:at the risk of breaking my spine
353:This user likes their Martinis
1:
447:
253:This user identifies as a
201:
177:
101:
307:without wearing clothes
148:Deze gebruiker spreekt
384:The Lord of the Rings
374:File:Tolkien ring.jpg
203:Search user languages
128:English language
103:Knowledge (XXG):Babel
27:(with many thanks to
431:Agnostic Wikipedians
387:book series and the
62:how sickeningly easy
21:moderate eventualist
19:I consider myself a
356:shaken, not stirred
91:favorite vocabulary
393:1978 animated film
404:
403:
399:
398:
363:
362:
337:
336:
313:
312:
291:
290:
263:
262:
237:
236:
208:
207:
196:
195:
163:
162:
135:
134:
438:
381:This user loves
377:
375:
367:
349:
341:
324:
317:
302:
295:
267:
249:
241:
218:
210:
192:
191:
167:
139:
111:
99:
446:
445:
441:
440:
439:
437:
436:
435:
406:
405:
400:
373:
364:
338:
327:This user is a
314:
292:
264:
238:
231:gender pronouns
215:
197:
164:
136:
119:This user is a
12:
11:
5:
444:
442:
434:
433:
428:
423:
418:
408:
407:
402:
401:
397:
396:
391:, but not the
379:
365:
361:
360:
351:
339:
335:
334:
325:
315:
311:
310:
303:
293:
289:
288:
275:
265:
261:
260:
251:
239:
235:
234:
224:
216:
213:
206:
205:
199:
198:
194:
193:
174:
165:
161:
160:
146:
137:
133:
132:
122:native speaker
117:
109:
106:
105:
33:Robert Horning
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
443:
432:
429:
427:
424:
422:
419:
417:
414:
413:
411:
394:
390:
386:
385:
380:
378:
376:
369:
368:
358:
357:
352:
350:
348:
343:
342:
332:
331:
326:
323:
319:
318:
308:
304:
301:
297:
296:
286:
285:
280:
276:
274:
273:
269:
268:
258:
257:
252:
250:
248:
243:
242:
232:
229:
225:
223:
220:
219:
212:
211:
204:
200:
189:
188:
183:
182:
175:
172:
169:
168:
158:
157:
153:
152:
147:
144:
141:
140:
130:
129:
124:
123:
118:
116:
113:
112:
108:
107:
104:
100:
97:
94:
92:
88:
87:George Carlin
83:
81:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
54:
50:
46:
42:
36:
34:
30:
26:
23:and a strong
22:
17:
389:film trilogy
382:
370:
354:
344:
328:
282:
270:
254:
244:
227:
221:
185:
179:
154:
149:
126:
120:
95:
79:
58:edit history
57:
53:connectivity
52:
37:
25:inclusionist
18:
15:
410:Categories
156:Nederlands
151:uitstekend
29:Satori Son
426:User fr-3
421:User nl-3
416:User en-N
80:excellent
66:mathcruft
41:WP:TRIVIA
284:agnostic
228:feminine
214:About me
187:français
70:biocruft
256:lesbian
125:of the
49:WP:ORIG
45:WP:NOTE
330:nudist
181:avancé
277:This
82:essay
78:this
47:, or
279:user
31:and
281:is
272:agn
222:she
184:de
89:'s
412::
395:.
359:.
333:.
309:.
287:.
259:.
233:.
173:-3
171:fr
145:-3
143:nl
115:en
68:,
43:,
190:.
159:.
131:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
