[WikiEN-l] More quotes from AfD

Mon Jun 19 11:52:07 UTC 2006

G'day Ilmari,

> "And yes, anything that can be deleted, probably should be deleted, 
> because we must have articles only on truly worthy topics so to continue 
> to be highly regarded by the reading public."
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Resonance_%28MIT%29
> 
> (I disagree, obviously.  Other than that, I'll let the article and the 
> debate on it speak for themselves.)

I note, though, that neither you nor anyone else who has commented or is 
likely to comment here has seen fit to add your voices to the AfD in 
question.

AfD is doomed: it doesn't, and can't, scale.  But its only *current* 
problems are social.  And those problems won't be solved if the people 
who can recognise the issue and lend a hand aren't willing to get in 
there and do something about it.

Don't like what someone says on AfD?  *Point it out to them*.  Most 
people, even on the Internet, tend to be smart enough to recognise it 
when they're told they're being silly by enough people.  You obviously 
feel strongly about the opinions expressed there --- so why not, instead 
of/in addition to complaining here, also tell them so on the AfD?

This is especially important as Crzrussian has recently become an 
administrator.  He intends to be heavily involved in the deletion 
process.  It's too late to revisit the RfA, so y'all have a choice --- 
he can be a good admin, or he can routinely fuck up anything related to 
deletion he comes across.  I suspect the former is much more likely if 
everyone here who typically complains about this sort of thing is 
willing to *educate*, as well as bitch.

-- 
Mark Gallagher
"What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse