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Daniel P. B. Smith 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.
My first edit:
16:37, 21 September 2004 (hist) (diff) Roll-playing (Added D&D reference)
My first VFD edit, more than 100 edits later:
06:58, 27 October 2004 (hist) (diff) m Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Zuckermann ghil'ad (rv vandalism) (top)
My first VFD rampage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=A...
So it took me from September 21 (about the day I discovered Wikipedia) to November 16 (after 2 months of doing very little) to fully find and start voting at VFD.
But as you can see from the above, I first stumbled upon VFD a month after stumbling upon Wikipedia itself.
And evidently whilst RC patrolling no less :)
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