[WikiEN-l] Article deletion

Sun Sep 11 19:41:14 UTC 2005

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Alphax wrote:

> Bryan Derksen wrote:
> > Alphax wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
>
I admit I've only read a few pieces of this discussion, but has anyone
proposed redefining "AfD" to be the abbreviation for "Articles for
Discussion"? That would move the process even further from appearing
to be Wikipedia's variant of being the law West of the Pecos.

Geoff