“In Defense of Inclusionism”, Gwern2009-01-15 (anime, sociology of tech, forecasting, Wikipedia; backlinks)⁠:

Iron Law of Bureaucracy: the downwards deletionism spiral discourages contribution and is how Wikipedia will die.

English Wikipedia is in decline. As a long-time editor & former admin, I was deeply dismayed by the process. Here, I discuss UI principles, changes in Wikipedian culture, the large-scale statistical evidence of decline, run small-scale experiments demonstrating the harm, and conclude with parting thoughts.

• Friction
• New Regimes
• Toeing the Precipice
  • Falling
  • By the Numbers
    • The Editing Community Is Dead; Who Killed It?
      • Sins of Omission: Experiment 1
      • Sins of Omission: Experiment 2
      • Tallying the Damage
  • No Club That Would Have Me
• A Personal Look Back
• What Is To Be Done?
• See Also
• External Links
• Appendices
  • Analysis Script
  • stats.grok.se Script
  • Gwern
    • Anime Edits
    • Non-Anime Edits
  • KrebMarkt
  • Link Removals

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