[WikiEN-l] Why AFD just does not work

Fri Jun 16 15:59:07 UTC 2006

On 6/15/06, Cobb <sealclubbingfun at googlemail.com> 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?

It is a legit subject. The article can be cleaned up with the liberal
use of machete editing. It would be nice to have something explaining
why the fighting styles are mostly rather stupid but I can live
without that.

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geni