[WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

[Carcharoth]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:18 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/9 Apoc 2400 <apoc2400 at gmail.com>:
>
>> On a more general note, PROD is relatively drama-free, but I wonder about
>> the accuracy. Is it really good to let the hard work an editor that has
>> since left Wikipedia be deleted based on 5 seconds of consideration and no
>> discussion?
>
>
> Anything PRODded can be undeleted by any admin without further process
> - I've done this a bit (then fixed up the article to address the
> concern). Presumably interested admins could go through everything
> deleted via PROD and review it.
>
> The idea of PROD was to take heat off AFD - where obvious deletions
> that weren't speedies could be done without clogging AFD. And it was
> specifically set up to be minimum-drama.
>
> I assume we lose some good stuff. If I'm bored enough I'll go through some time.
>
> (Looking at deleted material for encyclopedia-building purposes is one
> respect in which admins have an actual editorial power, rather than
> mere janitorial powers.)

I have seen some PRODs deleted not as PRODs but as CSDs (and
inaccurate CSDs as well). That sometimes gets me confused. PRODs can
be undeleted, but I've never been 100% sure about CSDs. Do you need to
ask the deleting administrator about those first?

Carcharoth