Deletionist

Quick meaning: Deletionist is an adjective meaning (classical studies) Favoring the deletion of a given passage or work as spurious.

Meaning

(classical studies) Favoring the deletion of a given passage or work as spurious.

More Meanings

1. (Wikimedia jargon) Preferring to delete material.
2. (Wikimedia jargon) A user with deletionist sentiments.

Example Sentences

The two groups had been vying for control from early on in the site's life, but the numbers suggest that the deletionists may have won. The increasing difficulty of making a successful edit; the exclusion of casual users; slower growth – all are hallmarks of the deletionist approach.

In the deletionists’ corner sits the strong sense that the more topics of debatable value are included (they cite such entries as side characters from the Pokémon cartoon or the Heroes TV series as examples), the more dependents will see Wikipedia as a source of fun rather than knowledge. They are worried that the brand is at risk of losing its value. In a deletionist world, Wikipedia would exert more control over what it publishes. […]

Word Forms

• deletionists

Antonyms for deletionist

Common opposites include inclusionist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eliminationist, biblioclastic, hyperpurist, denialist, exclusionist, exclusionistic.

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