[WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

Emily Monroe bluecaliocean at me.com
Wed Sep 9 16:46:08 UTC 2009


> Go more slowly, is all I can suggest ;-p

That's what I'm learning! I'm trying to at least use PROD more often,  
if tagging for deletion at all.

> Do take heart that anyone who's read large chunks of  
> Special:Newpages will fully concur on the absolute necessity of  
> knifing lots and lots of babies.

You're right, and that's what I find most disheartening.

Emily
On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:43 AM, David Gerard wrote:

> 2009/9/9 Emily Monroe <bluecaliocean at me.com>:
>
>> As a new page patroller, this kind of makes sense. I tag lots of
>> articles for deletion via CSD or PROD. I get a lot of complaints from
>> people who don't know wikipedia policy, and I gently guide them
>> whenever I can (okay, take the PROD tag
>> off *after* you've improved
>> the article, put a {{hangon}} tag and leave a justification at the
>> talk page, etc.) Needless to say, this creates a bit of drama and
>> anxiety no matter how I handle it.
>
>
> Go more slowly, is all I can suggest ;-p Do take heart that anyone
> who's read large chunks of Special:Newpages will fully concur on the
> absolute necessity of knifing lots and lots of babies.
>
>
> - d.
>
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