• Silverseren@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, is it surprising that a project aimed at becoming a proper encyclopedia would become stricter on content and raise the standards over time?

    Which makes complete sense for pop culture stuff and especially things like Trivia sections that try to be added to a bunch of articles, adding things in like appearances of a historical subject in any and every manga that features them and any TV episode. That’s not really something that’s needed.

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      Nope, not surprising, which is why I figure it’s as-designed.

      That’s not really something that’s needed.

      Well, is it? If the problem is that no new editors are joining then perhaps something that new editors would enjoy working on is needed.

      If Wikipedia is fine with continuing to get greyer and greyer, ossifying into a “proper” and “serious” encyclopedia, then that’s fine I guess. If new blood is needed, on the other hand, maybe look at things that would attract it and consider that as something that’s needed.

      It’s not like Wikipedia can offer a wage increase.

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        Wikipedia is already a proper encyclopedia, as has been the case six years ago. Pop culture sections are still allowed, they’re just restricted to reliably sourced entries to prevent being disproportionally long and having shaky entries that are a stretch

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          Yes, those are all things I said in my comment already. I think they are the main reason for the lack of new blood.

          If you don’t think the lack of new blood is a problem, then that’s all fine. If the lack of new blood is a problem, then maybe those things need to be reevaluated.