[WikiEN-l] Deletion proposal

Tue Jan 31 23:11:28 UTC 2006

On 1/31/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>   Ok, so recently I suggested that there were three categories of
> deletion - inappropriate topics (non-notables etc), overly-prominent
> articles (fancrufts deserving of merging) and bad contents (copyvios,
> libel etc). It now seems to me that the second category should never
> end up in AfD at all, as it can be dealt with by any user, simply by
> merging the content and redirecting the original page.
>
> Hence, I would like to propose that AfD be split into two quite
> separate problems: Topic blocking and content wiping.
>
> Topic blocking would be a request to remove the content for a page (in
> the normal Wiki way, so that it still shows in history), and then
> protect the page. The goal is to say "The Wiki community has decided
> that the Garage Mops are not sufficiently notable to warrant a place
> in our encyclopaedia. Please do not create an article about them." An
> admin in the future could of course unprotect the page if the band
> becomes notable, or the community changes its mind.
>
> Content wiping would be a request to permanently wipe the content of
> page. It would be used primarily for copyvios, libel and other
> *content* we really just don't want in Wikipedia. The history would be
> erased, then the content reduced to a stub (or blank).
>
>
> Two separate problems, two separate processes, two separate solutions.
>
> Thoughts, anyone?

I like this idea;  it would help in particular in sorting out article
re-creation issues.

Jay.