[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Fri Dec 9 14:02:00 UTC 2005

On 12/9/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically, I agree with Keith here.
> We need some centralized discussion. Not only is does it take a lot
> less time for admins to manage one central place and delete what needs
> to be deleted, it's also easier to refer people to that place.
>
> Also without AFD, there's still too many articles that can't get
> speedied because of a technicality. "More than one person bvut still
> vanity" and "advertising" come to mind. They're deleted 99% (figure of
> speech) of the time and AFD research shows those are the kind of
> deletions often uncontested.
>
> How are we going to get rid of non-speediable crap without AFD?
> How is everyone going to have input (the wiki way)?
>
> Turning off AFD even for one day will cause too much of a mess.
> Sure, we can clean it up eventually, but why open your bag of trash
> indoors when the garbage man is waiting outside?

That's what you think the result of the experiment will be. But we
*don't know* because we haven't done it.

When people have a difference of opinion about the consequences of a
change, some positive, some negative, that's a sign that trying the
change as an experiment would be a good idea.