Daniel Mayer wrote:
Yes - I agree. Jimbo really should take a look at the
stuff added to VfD
before making a decree that VfD should be abolished.
I'm not about to make any sort of decree, don't worry about that.
Erik suggested that the problems with VfD can only be resolved by me
making a decision, or appointing someone to make a decision. But I
have a slightly different view.
Nothing about VfD is Policy with a capital P, laid down or decreed by
me. It's just a social custom, no more and no less. If the VfD
process decides that an article like "Palestinian views on the peace
process" should be redirected or deleted, there's absolutely nothing
to prevent the next person who comes along from trumping the VfD
process by just editing the page.
And if they do so in a positive, co-operative, and NPOV manner, then
Wikipedia will be the stronger for it. If they do so in a negative,
non-co-operative, and POV manner, then the Wiki process will work
again -- the article will get re-deleted, re-redirected, etc.
--Jimbo