[WikiEN-l] AFD has gone to a 7 day cycle

[Risker]

Oh, and discussion closed by someone who participated.  Just as an aside.

Risker

2009/4/11 George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:18 PM, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > Al Tally wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Proposal_to_change_the_length_of_deletion_discussions_to_7_days
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> I wonder when the plan to inform the community was? It might seem like
> a
> > >> minor change, but it's a significant one. AFD/VFD has been 5 days
> since,
> > >> what, when it was created? It's a fairly entrenched system. Pointless
> in
> > my
> > >> view to extend by 2 days. People will simply not remember what they've
> > been
> > >> practising for years.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Wow. Where was this advertised? I missed it.
> > >
> > > AdD really does seem a law unto itself. Is 45 people supporting this
> > > change really enough?
> >
> > The same can be asked for any proposed policy change. Considering the
> > current size of the project I don't think it's possible to involve
> > enough of the community in any such discussion no matter how it's
> > announced. Remember the spoiler thing a few years ago? Most editors
> > had no clue about the change until spoiler tags were being mass AWBed
> > out of articles.
>
>
> Pointers on AN?  The policies part of the village pump?
>
> If it was there and I missed it, my bad.  If there wasn't anything there...
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com
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