Deletionpedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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Available in | English |
URL | http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/ |
Commercial | No |
Registration | None |
Deletionpedia is a web site consisting entirely of articles deleted from the English language version of Wikipedia. The site is based on MediaWiki, though updates have been botsourced.
Deletionpedia supports categorization of its content, used to organize pages by what month they were deleted, how many editors had worked on a page, how long they had lasted on Wikipedia (thousands of pages lasted over 1000 days before they were deleted[1]), and pages which are lists, among others.
Like Wikipedia, Deletionpedia avoids hosting deleted pages that are copyright violations, pages with serious libel problems, pages whose full revision history is still available on Wikipedia or its sister sites, and pages which set out to offend others.[2] Unlike Wikipedia, the site seeks no donations, suggesting instead that supporters donate to mySociety or to the Wikipedia Foundation.[3]
The Wall Street Journal cited it as a response to the culture clash that exists on Wikipedia between deletionists and inclusionists.[4] The Industry Standard calls it a "a fine research project for sociology students to study what groupthink does when applied to a community-built compendium of knowledge."[5] The Industry Standard article in September 2008 made the website a victim of the Slashdot effect.[6] Deletionpedia also made news at De Telegraaf, the website for the largest daily morning Dutch language newspaper.[7]
Related proposals
Deletionpedia is a third party example of what CIO magazine called a "Wikimorgue"; in September 2007 they called such a site a "small but powerful check on Wikipedia's editors, who might think twice about deleting articles if they knew that by routine practice and internal policy, Wikipedia preserved all deleted pages, including their histories and discussions."[8]
In April 2008, Nicholson Baker proposed the creation of "Deletopedia" because:[9]
- "a lot of good work - verifiable, informative, brain-leapingly strange - is being cast out of this paperless, infinitely expandable accordion folder by people who have a narrow notion of what sort of curiosity an online encyclopedia should be able to satisfy."
References
- ^ Deletionpedia:Pages on Wikipedia for 1000 or more days, from the Deletionpedia website
- ^ Deletionpedia:Archive, from the Deletionpedia website
- ^ Deletionpedia:Donate, from the Deletionpedia website
- ^ Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt, an August 2008 article from The Wall Street Journal
- ^ Deletionpedia: Where Wikipedia entries go to die, a September 2008 article from The Industry Standard
- ^ Discussion about deletionpedia at Slashdot
- ^ Rustplaats voor afgedankte Wiki-bijdragen Template:Nl, a September 2008 article from De Telegraaf
- ^ Wikipedia's Awkward Adolescence, from CIO magazine
- ^ How I fell in love with Wikipedia, an April 2008 article in The Guardian, written by Nicholson Baker