New subject: User:Saddam Hussein

17 Aug 2003

Rick wrote:
...
 Now, I can't say that I DISAGREE with this policy 
(although I think that having to put this notice on 
every page to be deleted is a tad excessive), but 
when and where was this policy discussed?  Was 
it ONE PERSON who made the decision, 
UNILATERALLY, that nothing would be deleted 
unless his/her pet boilerplate was put onto the 
page in question?

Such new policies need to be discussed, not just 
thrown out as a fait accompli.  Other sysops may 
just go ahead and delete pages without the 
boilerplate, and have the right to do so, since this 
"policy" is only one person's decision, and not the 
agreement of the users of Wikipedia as a whole. 
For Gods sake, this is the FOURTH place you have posted the SAME question! 
Instead of duplicating four different threads, how about we continue this on 
the relevant talk page where some discussion has already taken place:

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion

Not placing the notice a page which is being considered for deletion and then 
deleting it, is denying the author (most often a newbie) due process. The 
Admin that wrote this was simply clarifying an implied policy by naturally 
extending our written policies of having an open and transparent process. 

A notice is a no-brainer in light of this and should not be surprising. I was 
simply informing people of this policy when they were not following it. In 
retrospect the Admin who wrote this should have advertised the change a bit 
to see if anybody disagreed. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)

Votes for deletion