2026-10-22 22:39 UTC
Sounds like the only real problem is all those jackass “deletionists”…
If an article is so niche no one ever looks at it, then it eats up zero bandwidth. Just the data storage for a small text file.
Nothing should ever be deleted, there’s no fucking benefit to that
If they weren’t acting up, then activity dying down wouldn’t matter
It’s the biggest repository of human knowledge ever, it existing and being freely accessible to the planet is massive.
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@Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2026-10-22 22:48
If non-notable articles were never deleted, millions of people and companies would create articles about themselves for promotion.
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@Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2026-10-23 07:49
For example this interesting article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exocortex&oldid=813869381 was deleted with the reason “mostly unsourced speculation/science-fiction”.
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@thehatfox@lemmy.world 2026-10-23 09:03
But if they stop keep deleting “niche” content from Wikipedia, then people won’t have to use Fandom instead. You know, the commercial, ad infested wiki that was also founded by a Wikipedia co-founder.