[WikiEN-l] AfD should be Arguments for Deletion

Mon Oct 24 13:00:04 UTC 2005

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Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Brian Haws wrote:
> 
>> Martin Richards <Martin at velocitymanager.com> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>> Just kidding, I never get involved with AFD at the moment as a
>>>> >>kind of silent protest at the silly way it functions. I do think
>>>> the idea, or >>some variant of it is great, and will go a long way
>>>> to fixing this. However, >>I think the "Uncontested deletions"
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_reform/Proposals/Uncontested_deletions
>>>> is good too, some hybrid of the two ideas may be a really good
>>>> >>solution.     
>>
>> I think the uncontested deletions proposal has a lot of potential as a
>> stand alone way to funnel off easy and obvious deletion canidates from
>> AFD. I'd like to hear more opinions about it on it's talk page..
>>  
>>
> It will clearly be more efficient.  AFD fails because it broadcasts the
> fact that an article is proposed for deletion.  By confining the
> deletion discussion to the page itself (and its talk page, of course) it
> will limit interference by inclusionists who do not recognize the value
> of removing cruft from Wikipedia.
> 

Ray, I severely hope you're joking...

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