Rick (giantsrick13(a)yahoo.com) [050514 01:56]:
--- David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au>
wrote:
> You haven't been around VFD much lately, I
take it.
> It's not just an immune
> system but an autoimmune disease; people appear to
> be trying to use it as
> Wikipedia's quality control system.
And this is bad because ...?
Because that isn't really what it's for, per the decorative policy. It's
there to keep out the *irredeemable* crap that makes it past speedy. (And
I'm painfully aware that new articles can at times run up to thirtyish
percent shoot-on-sight speedyable. Anyone doubting this should do
Special:Newpages patrol; if it doesn't turn you into a bloodthirsty
axewielding deletionist, it'll certainly give you a strong understanding of
them.)
I'm hoping the rating system will help with this, then those wanting a
higher-quality Wikipedia (e.g. me) will eventually be able to extract one
at will and not feel they have to clear out the marginal but verifiable.
- d.