MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
That would focus people's attention on improving
the existing stuff
which often isn't happening. I wouldn't really oppose one week of pure
improvement every month to encourage people to improve the existing
rather than create more stuff that needs to be fixed.
If the stream of crap is stopped in its tracks, I have no problem with
putting deletion on hold as well.
OK. I suggest that some time soon (early January, say) we hold an
Article Improvement Week.
* No new articles to be created.
* AFD is closed for business - no deletions, no nominations.
(Copyright violations, gross libel etc. can be zapped as usual.)
* You can still work on new stuff in your userspace, but please don't
move it to article space. (How or if to enforce this to be determined.)
A week should be long enough to get some effect and short enough not to
frustrate people and make them go elsewhere because they want to write
stuff (hence the userspace getout).
Effects I expect at the end of the week:
* Some article polishing.
* More people practiced in article polishing.
* A flood of new articles out of userspace. Hopefully better ones.
People will also treat this as "work on those new articles you were
thinking about" week. That's fine too.
* A consequent flood of AFDs, but hopefully not as much because the
articles will have been worked on for a week!
Thoughts?
- d.