[WikiEN-l] Re: Lauritsen speedy deletion??

[Brian Haws]

--- Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, in this case the speedy claim was "person
> never existed."
> 
> Which is a terrible deletion reason, especially
> considering that the  
> person did exist. Furthermore, the article was
> tagged within fifteen  
> minutes of its creation.
> 
> We really, really need to put a "And the article is
> more than 24  
> hours old" rule for several of the CSD criteria -
> everything but  
> copyvio and patent nonsense, basically. This would
> both prevent the  
> atrocity of people who delete without checking the
> history to see if  
> it's just the current version that's busted, and it
> would give people  
> who make their articles in a series of smaller edits
> (Something many  
> people do) a chance to actually write the article
> before the deleting  
> angels swoop in.
> 
> -Phil

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....