Correcting articles which shouldn't be there in the first place is probably a waste of time, but searching for grammatical and technical errors is a pretty good way to find such articles. I often do it.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 20:45, David Goodman <dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote: > At the opposite end of the scale from FA, I often look at links from > articles being proposed for deletion by various processes, and daily > I encounter equally questionable non-notable subjects or very > promotional articles, where sometime dozens of people have made typo > or style corrections, or added categories and internal links, but none > of them have ever challenged or even tagged the fundamental problems > with the article. Is this sort of meticulous detail correction of what > should not be in Wikipedia in the first place a worthwhile activity? > > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Bod Notbod <bodnot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "The primary function of the Wikipedias is to educate in the sciences, > > philosophy, technology and all that truly useful stuff. Nevertheless > > there's an argument for a Featured Article on South Park because it > > brings in new blood. Such an article can pique the interest of teens > > and twenties and get them involved. Discuss." > > > > My reply would be: > > > > There's a difficulty in that you get trapped. At the moment, the task > > I've set myself is to review Featured Article candidates. You might > > set yourself a task and find yourself dealing with stuff that, > > frankly, isn't very educational. I proofread an article on a Bob Dylan > > album because it came up for review. But should I really be > > proofreading articles on biology, chemistry and physics? > > > > I don't have expertise in those areas but I may at least change an > > "its" to an "it's" or vice versa. > > > > I think at the heart of the question is; do you find yourself sticking > > to a routine without questioning the relative value of what you're > > doing? Is fighting vandalism on a South Park article equal to fighting > > vandalism on science? We all only have a certain number of hours in > > the day. > > > > User:Bodnotbod > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי Amir Elisha Aharoni http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace." - T. Moore _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
