[WikiEN-l] Votes for deletion

Mon Aug 18 01:08:36 UTC 2003

--- Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy]] seems to have sprouted
> the following language:  "
> 
> When you list a page on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion
> that you think will be listed for the entire 7 days
> -- i.e., a page that won't be deleted immediately --
> please place the following notice above the page's
> content: 
> 
>    ''This page has been listed on [[Wikipedia:Votes
> for deletion]]. Please see that page for
> justifications and discussion.'' ". 
> And [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] now says:
> 
> "NOTE: Always indicate on the listed page itself
> that it is here. See
>
Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Listed_for_deletion_notice.
> If this is not done, then the page will not be
> deleted. "
> 
> 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.
> 
> RickK

I like the policy before you changed it better.
LDan

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