[WikiEN-l] Cruft
Alphax (Wikipedia email)
alphasigmax at gmail.com
Wed May 3 07:54:47 UTC 2006
Jesse W wrote:
> On May 3, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Pete Bartlett wrote:
>
>>>> We're not hunting down newbies and forcing them to participate in
>>>> deletion discussions.
>>> Yes, we are, every time we nominate one of their articles.
>> I know we already put {{afd}} tags on pages, but I think it should be
>> mandatory to alert article creators on their talk page that an afd
>> has been started on their article.
> Er. [[WP:OWN]]? Images are an exception, as nearly all images are the
> work of one or two people at most. Articles are not. Articles can,
> and often are, watched. Wikipedians ought to pay attention to their
> watchlists if they wish to express opinions about their contributions.
>
More often than not, people who have made major contributions to an
aritcle will have some knowledge on the subject, and their input will be
helpful.
>> It is amazing how often AfD debates
>> do not benefit from the opinion of the original creator.
> It is not amazing. Most people do not feel the need to continue to
> respond to questions about their contributions to Wikipedia after they
> have contributed them. This is unsurprising.
>
> I throughly oppose a requirement to notify people who have expressed
> (through not using their watchlists) a desire not to continue
> discussing their contributions.
>
How many articles are on your watchlist? Do /you/ check every edit that
appears on your watchlist?
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