[WikiEN-l] Afd nominations

Fri Sep 30 16:53:03 UTC 2005

> > > > I'd honestly have no problem with merging into the town, as it is a
> > > > local landmark. It shouldn't break the GFDL even if the article is
> > > > deleted, as the revision history is now available to all for deleted
> > > > articles.
>
> > > Probably the best way, then, to work around the poisonous dysfunction
> > > of xFD is to make the deletion moot by merging it into the town
> > > article and making the name a redirect.
>
> >  Alas this isn't deletion-proof.  I performed a merge not so long ago only
> > to have it reversed out as the article was *still* deleted (and on a second
> > go, too, because somebody decided the keep result wasn't to his personal
> > taste!)
>
>
> Sounds very like an obsessive deletionist who's more concerned with
> process than product. AFD seems to encourage that sort of thing.
>
>
That has nothing to do with AFD itself. More with whoever decided
merging wasn't appropriate. If a traffic circle has been established
as a local landmark I'm all for merging it and if I'd known about it
before I would've supported it on the talk page in question.

--Mgm