Cleaning up SL.

[DrStraw]

I think the intro pages are worthwhile and should be kept regardless of the creators' continued activity. Any info about who is posting the "facts" on sensei's seems important to me, so as long as a user's other contributions remain I don't see that a self introduction can ever become obsolete.

Absolutely. If someone has posted something else their page should remain.

[Bantari]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with the RandomPage functionality.
It works exactly as advertised - it gives you a random page.
To expect anything else would be... uncivilized.

And there is also the advanced search to drill into the subject you want.

It seems to me that what DrStraw would like is something inbetween: not really random, but not needing the setup of advanced search form. Something like PressHereAndGetSomethingOfInterest(ToYouPersonally) button. Not sure if wiki comes with such functionality, and no clue how hard it is to build it in.

What I would like is a good indexing pages, something like an extended site map, links to all pages grouped by topic or whatever. But this is probably a different discussion.

[Bonobo]

[..] If someone has posted something else their page should remain.

What exactly would be this “something else”, and who would decide how much of “something else” would qualify them to stay? And how would we know whether they are not just some of these “small” people who themselves don’t create any content but only correct some typos here and there?

I think “homepages” should be honoured as their creator’s place. As little as may be on somebody others page there, I think deleting such a page would show disrespect.

Greetings, Tom

[DrStraw]

[..] If someone has posted something else their page should remain.

What exactly would be this “something else”, and who would decide how much of “something else” would qualify them to stay? And how would we know whether they are not just some of these “small” people who themselves don’t create any content but only correct some typos here and there?

I think “homepages” should be honoured as their creator’s place. As little as may be on somebody others page there, I think deleting such a page would show disrespect.

Greetings, Tom

I have to disagree. The page which prompted this thread was one created in 2005. I forget exactly what is said now, but the gist was that the owner had just discovered go (probably through HNG) and was going to be a pro in a couple of years. Nothing else was said, or has been since. That person probably quit playing a few months later when he realized it was not possible.

[Bonobo]

[..] The page which prompted this thread was one created in 2005. I forget exactly what is said now, but the gist was that the owner had just discovered go (probably through HNG) and was going to be a pro in a couple of years. Nothing else was said, or has been since. That person probably quit playing a few months later when he realized it was not possible.

Well, you are countering the—perhaps false—assumptions of that person with your assumptions.

Nobody HAS TO read such pages. They are simply there. And maybe … they are examples of (false?) assumptions, and as such, IMHO, they should stay there, just as all those “1 Dan in two months” threads here.