[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Sat Dec 10 13:28:21 UTC 2005

On 12/10/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/05, Mark Gallagher <m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > G'day Keith,
> >
> > > Alternatively, we shouldn't shut down a system that works reasonably
> > > well and performs an important task without having something that
> > > works better.
> >
> > Ay, there's the rub.  I get the feeling those arguing for shutting down
> > AfD don't feel that it *does* perform an important task.  Rather, they'd
> > prefer not to have deletions at all (other than CSDs, which already
> > apparently go too far ...).
> >
> > Mark Gallagher
> > "What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
> > - Danger Mouse
>
> I think Mark has an excellent point here. Some of the people
> supporting AFD being turned off seem to think that. Others just want
> to get rid of any poisonous feelings.
>
For my part, I just want to get rid of the enormous waste of time.

> I think deletion policy should provide to deleting or shutting off AFD itself.
> Don't delete an article if it is a vandal target yet a valid article
> topic. If it can be improved, do so and don't delete it. We'd be
> deleting stuff like "George W. Bush" and "GNAA" on a regular basis for
> the wrong reasons.
>
> If something is wrong with AFD, then those exact problems need to be
> found and addressed. Shutting off AFD is a cop out.

I kind of think we should take the exact opposite approach.  Shut off
AFD, and then we'll find out what was right with it.  Then those exact
solutions can be found and addressed.

Anthony