On 9/4/07, Wily D <wilydoppelganger(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I couldn't resist commenting on this, because I read this email the same
time I came across
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_presidential_election%2C_1988
In the speedy deletion bin (little or no context). Now, I just want to
bitch a little bit here - certain articles should never be deleted, only
expanded. "Russia is a country" provides very little context, but it
requires expansion, not deletion. No reasonable person would advocate the
general deletion of articles on real presidential elections of any
country.
Deletion should be reserved for unsalvagable articles, either articles
with
no value (and this had a bit of value) or articles on subjects that can
never hope to be encyclopaedic. But a Haitian presidential election?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
If you ask me, "no context" is a ridiculous reason to tag substubs for
deletion, unless they are really incomprehensible. I usually let people know
that this isn't such a bright idea after I remove the tag; they usually
don't complain, which to me indicates they were probably gold mining and/or
are overenthusiastic "contributors".
Johnleemk