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xenophanes on Jan 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wikipedia Raises $16 Million to Remain Ad-Free

Some stuff is never written because people know it would be deleted. Other stuff becomes harder to find (do deleted articles come up on searches..?)

uriel on Jan 2, 2011 [–]

> Some stuff is never written because people know it would be deleted.

Or simply, knowing that it is likely to be deleted puts you off from contributing at all. I know that is one of the main reasons I have almost completely stopped contributing to Wikipedia.

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