I couldn't resist commenting on this, because I read this email the same
time I came across
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_presidential_election%2C_1988
In the speedy deletion bin (little or no context). Now, I just want to
bitch a little bit here - certain articles should never be deleted, only
expanded. "Russia is a country" provides very little context, but it
requires expansion, not deletion. No reasonable person would advocate the
general deletion of articles on real presidential elections of any country.
Deletion should be reserved for unsalvagable articles, either articles with
no value (and this had a bit of value) or articles on subjects that can
never hope to be encyclopaedic. But a Haitian presidential election?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
WilyD
On 9/2/07, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/3/07, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 02/09/07, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, what on earth is wrong with an article like "X was mayor of
New
York
City from so-and-so to so-and-so?"
Because he wasn't. Currently wikipedia has articles on every mayor of
New York City from 1700 onwards.
Only because I removed the speedy tag from this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brady_%28mayor%29
What is wrong with a poorly formatted but
perfectly readable list of bishops for a
particular diocese?
Probably a copyvio
But it wasn't, and now it's a fine article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Raphoe
--
geni
Johnleemk
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