[WikiEN-l] Turn off AfD

Sat Dec 10 14:01:21 UTC 2005

MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:

> 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.
> 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 don't think so. I think it's bad enough that just dynamiting the
damned thing can't be worse than it is now. We do need a deletion
mechanism, but we don't need it more than we need not to have a
festering pit of bad faith.

- d.