User:Drcrazy102/sandbox/Reforms for Wikipedia/Deletion of articles

Deletion of articles
There are attempts to remove "suitable" information or topics for bad reasons, including wikilawyering and 'oversimplification' of article content.

"Deletionism" is said to be the main cause of many other problems, including the editor retention problem, and "inclusionists" seek reform of our deletion criteria and processes. We might, for example, make WP:GNG less subjective, so that it could not be taken as an excuse to make arguments of the "no matter how much coverage there is, I won't accept that it is 'significant'" variety. If the article is detailed and well sourced it does not have to be deleted. Votes according to "consensus" can delete articles on subject matter editors do not like. There is occasional confusion between subject-specific inclusion guidelines.