User:J 1982

This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians The motto of the AIW is Conservata veritate, which translates to, "With the preserved truth". This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.

I'm an inclusionist, tired of "Wikipedia isn't that and that" being used as arguments for deletion. Deletionism exists because of people's preconceptions what an encyclopedia is and can only include, dated from old days. It worked fine, 15 years ago in the days of the paper encyclopedia when I also would laugh at people saying an encyclopedia can include every little village on Earth. But the Internet becoming mainstream has changed so much in society that we soon can't remember much how our own lives were back in 1994 (except when deletionism reminds us), if you were even born back then! I came here after being impressed of Wikipedia growing in every language and topic, from the biggest town to the smallest village.

There are several things I'm not interested in. Instead of calling for deletion, I don't read (and try to save the article when people call for deletion). I write for those who need information.

Deletionism fights the entire concept of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's highest ambition should be becoming the place for all knowledge in the world. Here we have the chance to create something that has never been around ever in world history before. Why let that chance end up... deleted?

When articles are deleted, especially in popular culture like comic books but even other, people go to tother theme-based fan-Wikis (like one for He-Man, one for Star Wars or something). Do you have time or really want to be active on all those, when it all can be here? This can split up Wikipedia, reducing the number of contributors. There is also a Deletionpedia where deleted articles may end up.

Imagine yourself reading an paper encyclopedia, but someone tears out pages for you.