[WikiEN-l] Article deletion

Sun Sep 11 08:40:20 UTC 2005

MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> Alphax wrote:
>> Bryan Derksen wrote:
>>> Alphax wrote:
>>>> Phroziac wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>On 9/11/05, Alphax <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'd actually like to see AfD split by topic area, as recently happened
>>>>>>with the Reference Desk (and happened with the Village Pump long ago).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>No, afd just needs to *die*. I still don't see why anyone thought
>>>>>renaming it would fix the problems.
>>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> So you don't think that any articles need to be deleted (outside of
>>>> candidates for speedy deletion), ever?
>>>> 
>>>
>>>Not speaking for Phroziac, of course, but what's wrong with that?
>>>Articles could still be merged and redirected without VfD, so any
>>>information that's not speediable would still find its proper place in
>>>Wikipedia.
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Alright, let's rename AfD to "Article for Merge and Redirecting" (AfMR).
>> Now all we can argue about^W^W^Whave to decide is where to redirect the
>> articles to.
>> 
>
> Renaming fixed the who democratic vote mentality peoplel get when
> seeing "Votes for deletion" and think there's a need for a majority
> instead of a concensus.
> 
> Seperating in topics, only makes listing something for deletion a bigger pain.

Argh! Don't snip so much! Check which part of the thread you are
replying to! I have re-threaded it so that we can see everything in
context...

But yes, splitting it up would probably not fix anything. SO how about
called it "articles for merging"?

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