[WikiEN-l] Re: Proposal on VFD: enforcement of nomination policy

Sun Mar 6 21:05:55 UTC 2005

David Gerard wrote:

> Bryan Derksen wrote:
>
>> So why not add non-notability to the deletion policy? If it's one of 
>> the most commonly used reasons for listing an article and yet it 
>> isn't actually listed as a valid reason for deletion in the deletion 
>> policy, it seems there's already a pretty big problem either with the 
>> VfD process or with the deletion policy.
>
> Mostly because it'll be too damn subjective to fly. 

So the solution is simple.  We simply avoid using it as an excuse for 
deleting things until there is a strong consensus about what it means. :-)
Wikipedia is a long term encyclopedia project so if it takes a mere two 
years to reach a consensus only the most impatient among us will be upset.

Ec