[WikiEN-l] Afd nominations

Mon Oct 3 17:58:33 UTC 2005

On 10/3/05, grm_wnr <grmwnr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I personally think that merging an article isn't all
> that more complicated than setting up an AfD, if you see setting up an
> AfD as more than writing "nn v -~~~~". Your mileage may vary, of course.
>

Actually it's much simpler. Listing on AfD involves various wikipedians
performing the following tasks:

adding the "afd" template
creating the nomination page
transcluding the nomination page on the day log
discussing, examining, researching, and extending the article
scanning the day log to find the unclosed AfD
determining a consensus, closing the debate and deleting or removing the tag
performing redirects and merges that may result.

To merge, choose a target, copy selected text to the target article, make a
note on the talk page of the target, and redirect the source article to the
target.

When I've performed the latter, I've found that it takes a couple of
minutes.