On May 3, 2006, at 12:54 AM, Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Jesse W wrote:
On May 3, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Pete Bartlett
wrote:
I know we already put {{afd}} tags on pages, but
I think it should be
mandatory to alert article creators on their talk page that an afd
has been started on their article.
Er. [[WP:OWN]]? Images are an exception, as
nearly all images are the
work of one or two people at most. Articles are not. Articles can,
and often are, watched. Wikipedians ought to pay attention to their
watchlists if they wish to express opinions about their contributions.
More often than not, people who have made major contributions to an
aritcle will have some knowledge on the subject, and their input will
be
helpful.
Sometimes, and in that case, dropping a note on the talk page of
*those* people (whether they *started* the article or not) is a good
and useful thing that a prospective nominator, or interested voter on
AfD should do. Other times, quite often, the article will only
*consist* of minor contributions (i.e. a stub) and/or the content of
the article will demonstrate the contributor's lack of knowledge of the
subject.
It is amazing how often AfD debates
do not benefit from the opinion of the original creator.
It is not amazing. Most
people do not feel the need to continue to
respond to questions about their contributions to Wikipedia after they
have contributed them. This is unsurprising.
I throughly oppose a requirement to notify people who have expressed
(through not using their watchlists) a desire not to continue
discussing their contributions.
How many articles are on your watchlist? Do /you/
check every edit that
appears on your watchlist?
As of now: 482 items with 78 changes in the last 3 days.
Do I check all
the contributions that include an edit summary like "{subs:afd}",
"nomiating for deletion", or something like that? Yes, and I don't
think that's too much to ask. If you have so much on your watchlist
that you can't do that - take some things off your watchlist.
Jesse Weinstein