--- Rick <giantsrick13(a)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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