[WikiEN-l] Why AFD just does not work

Fri Jun 16 14:50:22 UTC 2006

Cobb wrote:

>Why AFD just does not work, or, what happens when zealots flood a
>"discussion" with keep votes.
>
>* "I can't find this anywhere else"
>
>* "Keep and Cite as per Nscheffey. This page is extremely useful to my
>  Star Wars: Jedi Academy clan, it's no worse than some other sci-fi
>  entries, it just needs citations!"
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber_combat
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lightsabercombat
>
>Will any admin have the brass ones to do the correct thing and delete
>an awful unsalvageable article, or will they count up the votes, wimp
>out, declare "no consensus" or "keep" and let an unencylopedic
>carbuncle survive?
>  
>
To answer your general question about doing the right thing, the answer 
is "Yes, despite whatever the 'new generation' might think". To refer to 
your specific case, the decision was correct. I don't see how lightsaber 
combat is an unencyclopedic topic. Rather fanboyish? Yes. But 
encyclopedic? Hell yes.

John