[WikiEN-l] Why changing the deletion process is a bad idea

Thu Sep 15 13:22:44 UTC 2005

On 9/15/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not AFD that's failing. Any deletion system can be faulted by
> ignorance on the part of nominators and deleters. We need to have
> stricter rules about how people should behave when voting in deleting
> discussions, to lessen the hostile atmosphere when controversial
> articles come up.
> 
> We need to address people's attitudes. Those are actually the cause of
> problems with deletion.

I just remembered something that I used to wonder about when I first
arrived on Wikipedia.  I think they're still valid questions:

Why isn't "Votes (now Articles) for Deletion" a subpage of "Request
for Comments"?
Why isn't "Articles for Deletion" instead "Request for Comments -
Proposed Deletion"?

Putting the deletion mechanism in an area where discussion and
comments are already the focus may help a bit.
-- 
Michael Turley
User:Unfocused