geni wrote:
On 11/21/05, Brian Haws <brian(a)bhaws.com> wrote:
I think at least we should be using the "tag
and bag"
system for speedies. At least there would be two sets
of eyes on them. They come and go so fast that they
really get no review or accountability....
The deletion log can be view by anyone. I'm not sure we have the
rescources to do what you describe.
I'm assuming "tag and bag" means requiring that one person put a
speedy-delete tag on an article and wait for someone else to come along
and delete it, therefore requiring at least two people to agree that
it's speediable rather than letting just one admin decide on his own up
front. If so, I don't see how that would take all that much in the way
of resources. It's not like having an article tagged for speedy deletion
stick around for a few days or weeks or whatever waiting to be stumbled
across a second time is going to harm Wikipedia significantly, and if
someone wanted to they could do a quick "speedy patrol" going through
the category checking out currently tagged articles.
I've speedied articles occasionally myself, and the only situation I can
think of where it would have been an actual problem not being able to
just click "delete" and be done with it would be when I'm trying to move
an article to a location where there's already another article or
redirect. This situation could be given an expemption to the "tag and
bag" requirement easily. Any other situations come to mind?