On 2/26/07, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Correction: that's the way *AfD* works. You note that WP exists to serve
the
writers, but most (if not all) of those commenting on certain nominations
may have never written on the topic concerned. That's not to say they
should
be ignored, because WP works by consensus, but if the people who know most
about a field are writing about something, or saying that something
deserves
an article, then generally shouldn't it be included, unless it fails
certain
guidelines/policies, e.g. verifiability?
I don't see how to fix AfD to address your concerns. We'd have to evaluate
the relative worth of different commentators based on their expertise, which
is a big can of worms.
Adam