User:MrD
Removal of Things of Value
[edit]Given that Wikipedia attempts to provide access to the 'sum of all human knowledge', then any verifiable fact is of value. Removal of any such value makes the resulting Wikipedia worse. MrD (talk) 14:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Deletion is Deleterious
[edit]Article deletion is the most deleterious action that can be taken on Wikipedia. The work that was within the article history is lost to non administrators.
I suggest that deletion is only ever considered when everything presented is of absolutely no value. MrD (talk) 14:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
The Hidden World of Post-Merge Articles
[edit]Whenever I follow a link within Wikipedia and am subjected to a redirect, I will always return to the redirect page and examine the versions of the article previous to the merge operation. There are useful things to be found there.
That is, except in cases where the content of the versions within the edit history has been purged. (As it has in the case of OpenPGP) MrD (talk) 14:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Article Standards and Visibility
[edit]It appears that many articles of value (any value) are being deleted because they fall foul of some Wikipedia standard. In that case, could these articles not simply be hidden from view until they're deemed of satisfactory quality to be on the 'front facing' Wikipedia? (A comparison can be drawn with users who place 'their own' articles in their own username namespace.) MrD (talk) 14:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)