[WikiEN-l] Article deletion

Mon Sep 12 20:07:50 UTC 2005

Takes it out of their hands and puts it into whose? The editors who
happen to have said page on their watchlist? Those who care enough
about an article to continually undelete it? Those with the most
patience?

(I'm not an AfD zealot, personally. There are, I think, reasons for
non-zealots to wonder if a PWDS would be best for this project.)

FF

On 9/12/05, Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/09/05, Matt Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Having the discussions in a single place e.g. AfD biases the case towards
> > those whose interest is in general deletion policy, whether they be
> > deletionist, inclusionist, or whatever; in other words, regulars of that
> > page. Page deletion by blanking would be accompanied by discussion on the
> > talk page for an article, biasing the case towards those who care about the
> > article. Both have their flaws.
> 
> Spot on. Personally, I favour the PWDS because it would take deletion
> out the hands of the folk who just hang around on AfD, and quite
> possibly end the majority democracy which seems to be the norm on AfD.
> 
> Further, if deletion was in the hands of everyone, they'd have to
> reach a consensus - if they want to edit war over it, they're welcome
> to take 24 hours every fourth revert to reconsider their position ;-).
> 
> Of course, PWDS will never be installed, as the entrenched AfD zealots
> will never concede to any change that threatens their pastime.
> 
> 
> Dan
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