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 | This page in a nutshell: This userspace essay advocates more aggressive page protection policies on Wikipedia, as an alternative to aggressive deletion, in order to address spam, paid editing, and conflicts of interest. —Syrenka V |
To a large extent, deletionism appears to be motivated by a desire to counteract spam, undisclosed paid editing, and conflicts of interest.[1] While I agree that these are very serious problems, deletionism is a dysfunctional response to them. More aggressive page protection policies would be a more effective response. Page protection is currently applied too cautiously, and primarily against vandalism, rather than spam. This needs to change.