On 02/08/05, Kat Walsh mindspillage@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/1/05, Daniel P. B. Smith dpbsmith@verizon.net wrote:
But we aren't, and I suspect more than one person was incredibly confused. Think of all the pages that link to VfD, and how many newbies stumble across it; all the policies that mention it.
I don't know about that.
I suspect that very FEW newbies stumble across it. I am trying to remember how long I was editing Wikipedia before I ran into VfD or even knew that pages got deleted. I believe it was several months.
Really? I found it within days -- and, no, nothing I've written has been listed! (Not even my composercruft -- but now I'll be quiet before someone goes through my contribs with a fine-tooth comb. ;-)) My first VfD edit is from 6 days after registering -- no, not voting, but listing a page. Curiosity corrupted the Kat, I guess; I wonder how anyone can *not* stumble across it.
I'd have to check when mine was, but I think I was using VfD (very, very ineptly, probably) within the first couple of weeks. I think I randomly found reference to deletion on a policy page somewhere, and then was playing with random-page...
Especially given the current size of VfD, it wouldn't really surprise me if it's even easier now.