Timwi wrote:
Chris Wood wrote:
Votes for deletion have gone through the roof. At
the start of
August, the
average number of pages voted for deletion per day was two. Now it is
somewhere between 25 and 30, and I see no reason to expect this to stop
increasing.
I don't tend to involve myself much on VfD, but my gut feeling tells
me that this can be easily counter-acted by simply removing
inappropriate VfD listings.
So what we need is a policy that defines what VfD listings are
appropriate.
That's nice in theory. Still, there is a clique that tends to scream
bloody murder if you remove things before they feel the time has come.
Some of us would be glad to remove such items from the list as soon as
they appear, but are not prepared to face all the bitching without backup.
If a member of the deletionist clique puts something on VfD he has
immediate backup from his colleagues based on their mutual trust. For
the rest of us the amount of time required to properly deal with these
issues is a huge distraction from positive contributions.
I don't know if more policies will help. A fair and consistent
applications may be more beneficial. Maybe anyone who has been around
for at least a year should feel free to remove anything from the VfD
without having to run the gauntlet.
Ec