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Why would you delete (valid) pages on Wikipedia?
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Why the heck is wikipedia *deleting* articles for not being universally notable rather than simply assigning a "notability" level to them? It's a computer system, and you store all of the revisions anyway, so why delete something rather than simply marking it less-widely relevant (and thereby decreasing search-result ranks and the like)? I gather somebody ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.