http://simonwillison.net/2008-06-16T08:23:05+00:00Simon Willison2008-06-16T08:23:05+00:002008-06-16T08:23:05+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jun/16/canvassing/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing">Wikipedia:Canvassing</a></strong></p> Apparently it’s considered bad form to tell people about debates occurring on Wikipedia (such as votes for deletion). Looks like a policy designed to discourage the participation of subject experts in favour of the participation of Wikipedia process gnomes. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/06/15/Deletionist-Morons">Tim Bray</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/canvassing">canvassing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wikipedia">wikipedia</a></p>