[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Sat Dec 10 14:00:05 UTC 2005

Mark Gallagher wrote:

> 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 ...).
> If you've noted an element of sarcasm or, at the very least,
> tongue-in-cheekery from David, Anthony, etc. then this may provide a
> plausible explanation as to why.

Oh no, not at all. Most of what hits AFD is complete shit, and should be
killed as quickly, messily and painfully as is feasible. A deletion
mechanism is something that we have a need for; my objection is to the
atmosphere of the AFD we have and the fostering of bad faith, and that
getting any policy change on deletions is like stalemated trench warfare.

- d.