On 2/11/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
Steve Bennett wrote:
Hi, What I see wrong in this process is that the original author couldn't/wasn't willing to "save" the article. This seems like the right order of events in these situations:
Author writes hacky article RC patrol tags it as crap Author sees it tagged, sighs with indignation, removes tag, keeps
working.
Current process doesn't allow for that however - once afd tag is added, it's supposed to stay on until all the randoms get a chance to vote on the article in its unfinished state. Even if you fix up the article, most people don't go back and update their votes. Even worse, if the vote is to delete, people will point to that as a reason not to re-create a completed article later.
Stan
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When I fix an article, I tell the people who have voted delete, if most of the votes are in favour of delete. Most people change their vote. I am yet to be convinced that AfD is particularly toxic given that any possible process will mean that articles that people have worked will end up being deleted and will get upset.
Having said that, the proposed deletion system is working well.
Regards
Keith Old
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