On 7/15/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
I am curious to know whether very many people agree with me that "human dignity" is a valid reason for a "delete" vote in a case like this.
We need two things, really.
A sensible deletion process.
A sensible deletion review process.
I'm not saying that the current processes don't have many good, decent and well meaning adherents. But they don't work. They are often actively, perversely, resistant to commonsense decisions, they attract trolls and people who are prone to abusing Wikipedia as a forum for advancing their point of view. A spurious concept of concensus is endemic, and the sheer poisonous nature of the current processes seems (by personal reports I've had) to repel many otherwise highly involved and motivated editors.