On 11/22/05, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
You're a Wikipedia editor, not a jobsworth. Of course research is demanded.
I think we are probably crossing wires about what I would delete. I would only delete something that was plainly outside policy. Remember that I generally am just as keen to keep stuff as you are. I am just saying that I don't research every deletion I make, because there simply isn't time. Note that I don't take A7 to mean "this guy isn't notable" but "this article doesn't claim this guy is notable". I consider myself very generous in this point of view.
But researching every deletion needn't be necessary. If people don't want articles deleted, they should make it plain why the article's being written. Housecleaning is an essential part of Wikipedia. I don't intend to waste my time proving that this guy is someone notable. That's the author's job. I consider my role as a cleaner as entirely separate from that as an editor and writer.
-- Sam