On 1/21/06, Matt Brown <morven(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/21/06, Kelly Martin
<kelly.lynn.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I question whether AfD can be considered
"deliberative" at this point.
I think a deliberative process is obliged to listen to arguments
presented and make a decision based on them, and the evidence that AfD
does so is somewhat lacking.
It's at least a little bit more deliberative than speedy deletion, I feel.
We can give people the opportunity to hold a discussion; unfortunately
we cannot force them to take that opportunity. Although I think AfD
does an excellent job in most cases (how much discussion does a
self-written article about garage band formed three months ago merit?)
it fails us badly when facile arguments are made in favor of deletion
of perfectly good articles about people who have obviously achieved
something that has been written about in reputable, independent
sources or companies that, though quite small, are obviously an
important part of the infrastructure of modern business.