[WikiEN-l] Improper speedy taggings

Fri Sep 16 17:16:01 UTC 2005

On 9/16/05, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 9/16/05, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've had a look at, and done a small edit on, this chap's article. I'm
> > pretty convinced I could get him through a AfD, not trouble. I've taken 
> on
> > much tougher cases and I nearly always win.
> 
> This is what is wrong with AfD: people thinking they can "win". We
> aren't here to win. We're here to build an encyclopaedia. If an
> article not being deleted is victory to you, you should look at why
> you are editing. Your aggressive inclusionist (their word, not mine)
> attitude epitomises the struggles AfD has.
> 
> 
But I do win. And it is a struggle. A struggle to make an article so good 
that it cannot be deleted. Otherwise why would anyone want to hang out on 
AfD? And as a by-product Wikipedia gets some pretty good articles.