[WikiEN-l] Re: VfD

Sat Jan 10 21:03:30 UTC 2004

Jimmy Wales wrote:
>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.

Except that, until we have reversible delete, someone who wants to edit
a deleted page is deprived of the opportunity to build on the previous
form.

-M-