discuss: HOWTO-related deletions on Wikipedia
Subject:
Re: [discuss] HOWTO-related deletions on Wikipedia
From:
"James Hess" ####@####.####
Date:
28 Sep 2008 21:58:21 +0100
Message-Id: <6eb799ab0809281358p53f6c24fnb40b264ddf72919c@mail.gmail.com>
I believe if someone actually puts a decent HOWTO on Wikipedia, it
should not be deleted, but trans-wikid to WikiBooks,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual.2C_guidebook.2C_or_textbook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikibooks
Or sent to wikiHow
---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiHow
Unfortunately, Wikipedia often seems to be filled (nowadays) with
deletionist scum more concerned with getting rid of useful documents
than sending them to the right place.
Deletionpedia/Wikiunderground may be of help; well, it can be hard to
find what is
being deleted on that basis that is Linux related.
Until Wikipedia provides a reasonable recycle bin with tagging of
deleted content;
I think it may be best just to concentrate on making Linux-related howtos.
The hours one could spend searching for deleted relevant things could
just as well be spent
writing a new document :-)
--
-J
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Stein Gjoen ####@####.#### wrote:
> I just discovered that the Wikipedia entry on the Linux Documentation
> Project recently survived an attemt to have it deleted due to perceived lack
> of notability.
>
> Proposer for deltion was user Thumperward who on his Wikipedia page lists
> amongst his projects "De-howto Wikipedia". I am not sure what has been wiped
> already, on deletion things are hard to rescue. There are two rescue sites
> for deleted articles: Wikiunderground and Deletionpedia. There might be
> HOWTOs there that can be of value to the LDP.
>
> My lack of postings here lately is due to massive workload but I felt this
> was sufficiently important to make a post.
>
>
> Regards,
> Stein Gjoen
