Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians | |
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Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians | |
Members | Inclusionists |
Language | English |
Founder | Mero~metawiki |
Founded | 19 April 2004 |
Ideology | Inclusionism |
Colours | Celestial blue Ghost white |
Slogan | Conservata veritate |
— Check out the WikiProject Inclusion page! —
The Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians is the international association of wikipedians who feel and own the principles of inclusionism. It aims to provide a place for discussion and a reference point for the application and dissemination of these principles.
Principles
[edit]The Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians is based on the idea that Wikipedia is not paper: Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, and thus has few size limits. Because Wikipedia is not on paper, it can include organized and structured links, can be more timely, etc. It also means that the style and length of writing appropriate for paper is not necessarily appropriate here. Therefore, the main principle of AIW is inclusionism, a liberal wiki-philosophy according to which information and the articles on Wikipedia should be liberally added and retained on Wikipedia. Generally, the philosophy of AIW members is close to other ideas like eventualism or incrementalism. There is not a common indication regarding content structure or length (although there is more consensus with splittist ideas).
Goals
[edit]The main goal of inclusionism is to build the world's largest and most complete professional encyclopedia.
- To continuously improve Wikipedia and make it the most comprehensive source of reliable encyclopedic information available on the planet.
- Support Wikipedia's premise to be composed of the sum of all human knowledge, freely accessible to all humans, written with as much NPOV as possible.
- Never use personal attacks; it's topics we discuss here, not individual users! When an article is deleted/merged or threatened with deletion/merging, it can cause the creator to call the one who deleted it names. We as an association shall only discuss issues, not attacking people and calling them names. It will only give the deletionists and mergists advantages.
Membership
[edit]Membership is open to everyone and it does not oblige to be actively involved in the association life, even though it would be appreciated. All you have to do to become a member is copy and paste:
{{inclusionist}}
or {{User inclusionist}}
to your user page.
- Wikimedia.org: List of Inclusionist Wikipedians
- Old Wikimedia list of members
- English-language Wikipedia: Category of Inclusionist Wikipedians
- Russian-language Wikipedia: List of ‘Judicious Inclusionism’ project members
- Swedish-language Wikipedia: Category of Inclusionist Wikipedians
Logo
[edit]The logo, designed by Bruce The Deus in 2016, encloses all the principles that drive inclusionist members of Wikipedia: it is round, the shape of completeness, with an open arrow, to let enter all the knowledge. The arrow outline forms a stylized hug that embraces every argument, and an “I”, the initial letter of the word “inclusionism”. It's blue, representing the infinite sky, and white, the tint made by all the colors. The former logo was the acronym of the association written in Linux Libertine font, framed by two black lines. It is still used sometimes.
Motto
[edit]The motto of the AIW is Conservata veritate, which translates to, "with truth preserved." This motto reflects a desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.
Insignia
[edit]The members of the association can award a user for meritorious behaviour.
Defensor of Inclusionism
[edit]These are the Defensor Inclusionist Insignias, which are given to the Wikipedians who have demonstrated a commitment to further the principles of inclusionism engaging in an elevated number of deletion processes.
Paladin of Inclusionism
[edit]These are the Paladin Inclusionist Insignias, which are given to the members of Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians who have demonstrated a commitment to further the principles of inclusionism engaging in an elevated number of deletion processes and promoting the AIW.
Master of Inclusionism
[edit]These are the Master Inclusionist Insignias, which are given to the members of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians who have demonstrated a commitment to further the principles of inclusionism engaging in an elevated number of deletion processes, promoting the AIW and filling important roles in it (secretary, president, founder, ambassador).
History
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The Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians was established on the 19th of April 2004 by the American wikipedian Merovingian. In December 2005, Easyas12c created the Finnish section. In February 2012, Russian Wikipedian Strannik27 founded the Russian section. The Italian section was founded on 3 June 2016 by the Italian Wikipedian Bruce The Deus, who discovered the association during a deletion discussion where a member of AIW, OppidumNissenae, declared his membership.
Arguments against article deletion
[edit]More Association of Inclusionists pages
[edit]- Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians - Arguments
- Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians - Quotes
- Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians - Subgroups
See also
[edit]- English-language Wikipedia - Article Rescue Squadron
- Facebook Wikipedia Inclusionists - Join the Facebook group
- Inclusionism
- Userboxes and other templates for inclusionists
In languages other than English
[edit]- Finland Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians - the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in Finnish
- Associazione dei Wikipediani Inclusionisti - the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in Italian
- Anjomane Wikipedian haye Pakoob - the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in Persian
- Russian Project Judicious Inclusionism - the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in Russian
Essays
[edit]- en:User:Emijrp/All human knowledge
- Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia
- Don't be an ostrich - cite reliable sources and assert significance and notability to avoid new article deletion
- The Heymann Standard - describes how an article can be improved sufficiently to be kept during an AfD process
- Overzealous deletion - a comprehensive essay
- Wikipedia: The Missing Manual - Creating, Editing and Maintaining Articles
- [1]An alternative to argument over deletion
Other Wikipedian associations
[edit]- Anonymous User Protection Squad (AUPS)
- Association of Deletionist Wikipedians
- Association of Mergist Wikipedians
- Other Wikipedian associations