David,
What I think is what would happen is that more articles would end up being speedy deleted with the author often not even having a say. Nor would they have the chance to improve their articles in response to criticism.
Personally, I don't go to Articles for Deletion to win arguments or to salt the earth. Nor do the vast majority the hundreds of other people who participate in the process. From my experience most people on AfD are amenable to good argument. We should Assume Good Faith regarding participants in Articles for Deletion.
We have agreed procedures for deletion that to my way of working work well most of the time. It isn't perfect but few human institutions are.
Regards
*Keith Old*
User:Capitalistroadster
On 12/9/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Jtkiefer wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
Of course, the rules against vandalism and the 3RR would apply. People who arbitrarily or abusively delete articles would be treated just like any other abusive editor.
I shudder at the thought of it, Wikipedia would turn into chaos, trolls would go wild, in short I am extremely opposed to the idea of turning off AFD for even a day.
No, I mean just turn it off, not Cunc's plan. See Tony Sidaway's email for the numbers: AFD is not the last barrier against the downfall of Wikipedia, it's now just somewhere people try to win arguments and salt the earth. It would result in only a few more articles staying around and a lot less querulousness and bad faith to newcomers.
- d.
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