On 1/17/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
I don't see the need to delete debates and as
noted before, it would
cause
problems when linking to earlier debates. And it
would be harder for
newbies
to figure out why "their" article was
deleted.
Ok, it sounds like everyone disagrees with me and I'm basically
convinced by this argument. I don't see much need for random people to
look at these pages (and probably they almost never do), but certainly
if newbies just suddenly find their article deleted and can't read way,
they'll just be a pain in the neck by recreating over and over.
So, I bow to the wisdom of others, and suggest this alternative
(suggested by others):
1. blank and protect
2. leave the history there, but don't call special attention to it (this
is so the victims don't feel that the blanking is pointless -- any
wikipedian, even newbies, will know to click on 'history')
3. ask brion to see what he can cook up for blocking search spiders from
it
--Jimbo
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Do you mean blanking and protecting all VFD/AFD debates on
people/buisinesses that we have on record currently, or to start this
practice right away, and continuing it for only new debates? I think I agree
with geni here, going back to all the former debates and blanking/protecting
is going to take a very large amount of resources in terms of server load
and editor time.
However, I think I generally agree with this proposal. I recently had to
blank a AfD myself because of some hurtful comments about the subject.
--
Ben Emmel
Wikipedia - User:Bratsche
bratsche1(a)gmail.com
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees."
-- William Blake