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Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
AIW
Members
Inclusionists
Language
Secretary
Vacant
Founder
User:Merovingian
Founded
April 19, 2004
; 22 years ago
2004-04-19
Ideology
Inclusionism
Colours
Celestial blue
Ghost white
Slogan
Conservata veritate
Check out the
WikiProject Inclusion
page!
The
Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
is the international association of wikipedians who feel and own the principles of
inclusionism
. It aims to provide a place for discussion and a reference point for the application and dissemination of these principles.
Principles
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Sagrada Familia
An article, as this building does, needs time and the contribution of several people.
The Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians is based on the idea that
Wikipedia is not paper
Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia
, and thus has few size limits. Because Wikipedia is not on paper, it can include organized and structured links, can be more timely, etc. It also means that the style and length of writing appropriate for paper is not necessarily appropriate here. Therefore, the main principle of AIW is
inclusionism
, a liberal
wiki-philosophy
according to which information and the articles on Wikipedia should be liberally added and retained on Wikipedia. Generally, the philosophy of AIW members is close to other ideas like
eventualism
or
incrementalism
. There is not a common indication regarding content structure or length (although there is more consensus with
splittist
ideas).
Goals
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The main goal of inclusionism is to build the world's largest and most complete professional
encyclopedia
To continuously improve Wikipedia and make it the most comprehensive source of reliable encyclopedic information available on the planet.
Support Wikipedia's premise to be composed of the sum of all human knowledge, freely accessible to all humans, written with as much NPOV as possible.
Never use personal attacks; it's topics we discuss here, not individual users! When an article is deleted/merged or threatened with deletion/merging, it can cause the creator to call the one who deleted it names. We as an association shall only discuss issues, not attacking people and calling them names. It will only give the deletionists and mergists advantages.
Membership
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Membership is open to everyone and it does not oblige you to be regularly involved in association life or work, though it is of course always appreciated. All you have to do to become a member is copy and paste
{{
Inclusionist
}}
or
{{
User inclusionist
}}
to your
user page
Logo
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Former AIW logo
The logo, designed by
Bruce The Deus
in
2016
, encloses all the principles that drive inclusionist members of Wikipedia: it is round, the shape of completeness, with an open arrow, to let enter all the knowledge. The arrow outline forms a stylized hug that embraces every argument, and an “I”, the initial letter of the word “inclusionism”. It's blue, representing the infinite sky, and white, the tint made by all the colors.
The former logo was the acronym of the association written in
Linux Libertine
font, framed by two black lines. It is still used sometimes.
Motto
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The motto of the AIW is
Conservata veritate
, which is Latin for "
With truth preserved
." This motto reflects a desire to change
Wikipedia
only when no
knowledge
would be lost as a result.
Honors
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All members of the association can confer honors upon another member who has demonstrated commitment to furthering the principles of inclusionism and other meritorious behavior, at their discretion.
Meritorious service awards and regalia
Defensor of Inclusionism
Paladin of Inclusionism
Master of Inclusionism
For arguing inclusionist principles in an elevated number of deletion processes
For rescuing pages through editorial enhancements that may otherwise have been deleted
For service as a coordinator of inclusionist representation at noticeboards and other roles (secretary, president, ambassador)
History
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The Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians was established on the 19th of April 2004 by the American wikipedian
Merovingian
. In December 2005,
Easyas12c
created the Finnish section. In February 2012, Russian Wikipedian
Strannik27
founded the Russian section. The Italian section was founded on 3 June 2016 by the Italian Wikipedian
Bruce The Deus
, who discovered the association during a
deletion discussion
where a member of AIW,
OppidumNissenae
, declared his membership.
I want the inclusionist Wikipedians of the world
to know that now there is a place to voice our opinions
and further our agenda of a big, strong Wikipedia.
User:Merovingian
founding act
Arguments against article deletion
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Main article:
Inclusionism#Arguments against deletion
See also
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The
Article Rescue Squadron
(at
enwiki
Category:Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
Category:Inclusionist Wikipedians
Category:Inclusionist Wikipedians
at
enwiki
Inclusionism
Old membership roster
WikiProject Inclusion
enwiki
) maintains a list of
userboxes and other templates
for inclusionists
More Association of Inclusionists pages
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AIW Arguments
AIW Quotes
AIW Subgroups
Non-English divisions
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AIW Finland
- language division for Wikimedia projects in
Finnish
Associazione dei Wikipediani Inclusionisti
- the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in
Italian
Anjomane Wikipedian haye Pakoob
- the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in
Persian
Russian Project Judicious Inclusionism
- the AIW language division for Wikimedia projects in
Russian
Membership list
Category:Inclusionist Wikipedians
at
svwiki
Essays
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All human knowledge
by
User:Emijrp
(at
Wikidata
An alternative to argument over deletion
by
User:Abd
Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia
(at
enwiki
Don't be an ostrich
- cite reliable sources and assert significance and notability to avoid new article deletion (at
enwiki
The Heymann Standard
- describes how an article can be improved sufficiently to be kept during an
Articles for Deletion
reviews (at
enwiki
The Missing Manual: Creating a New Article
(at
enwiki
Overzealous deletion
- a comprehensive essay on why deleting a page should be an action of last resort (at
enwiki
Other Wikipedian associations
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Anonymous User Protection Squad
Association of Mergist Wikipedians
External links
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Facebook Wikipedia Inclusionists
- Join the Facebook group
Wikipedian associations
Main article space philosophy
Association of Antiovertranswikist Wikimedians
Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians
Association of Good Faith Wikipedians Who Remain Unregistered on Principle
Association of Mergist Wikipedians
Association of Redirectionist Wikipedians
Association of Splittist Wikipedians
Association of Transwikist Wikipedians
Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Clash of Civilizations in Wikipedia
Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgments About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are in Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They Are Deletionists
General philosophy
Anonymous User Protection Squad
Association of Eventualist Wikipedians
Association of Exclusionist Wikipedians
Association of Mediawikianist Wikipedians
Association of Mesopedianist Wikipedians
Association of Metapedianist Wikipedians
Exopedianism
Structural philosophy
Association of Categorist Wikimedians
Association of Structurist Wikipedians
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