[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Fri Dec 9 21:18:47 UTC 2005

On 12/9/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On 12/9/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 12/9/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > > > Well, we certainly have different theories on what would happen.
> > > > Let's try it out and see.
> > > >
> > > > Anthony
> > >
> > > Tell you what lets go to the other extream and let admins deleted what
> > > ever they like for a week. Would make RC patrol much less of a
> > > problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > geni
> >
> > Wouldn't that give admins more responsibilities?
>
> Since you allow then to delete anything they feel like they don't have
> to be responcible. No messing around with does this fit criteria 7A or
> whatever.  We'd also probably find out if the 3RR applies to admin
> actions. Personaly I suspect the resulting problems would provide a
> fairly solid answer as to why the try it an see aproach isn't always a
> good idea.
>
>
> --
> geni

No, it's not always a good idea.  If we want to get ridiculous, I
could propose turning off editing for a week.  Anyway, I suspected you
were just proposing something you don't actually want.

For my part, I don't think removing the rules over deletion and
letting admins do whatever they want (subject to review and reversal,
of course, and if some admin goes around deleting articles like
[[George Bush]], reprimand and loss of admin powers) is such a bad
thing that trying it for a week would be a mistake.  In fact, if you
combined this with allowing users to see the content of those deleted
articles, I actually think it'd be the best solution.

Anthony