[WikiEN-l] More quotes from AfD

Tue Jun 20 01:54:47 UTC 2006

Mark Gallagher wrote:
> 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.
> 

Unfortunately it's difficulte to point things out and educate these sort
of people without violating WP:NPA.

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