On 6/20/06, Steve Block steve.block@myrealbox.com wrote:
I can't load any afd day page, my system can no longer handle it, it's an old '98 firefox running PIII. Those day pages are simply far too large now, for me, and if I may, from my perspective I'd like to suggest that perhaps we need to think about stopping the transclusion. Maybe that would also have the advantage of forcing people to think about which discussions they are going to vote on. Also, perhaps the afd listing could link to the article rather than the discussion, so we could guarantee someone would have to look at the article before commenting at the deletion debate.
I would instead propose that AfDs be categorised. Either (as I've suggested a couple of times) by the reason for AfD (can't determine notability, unsuitable topic...), or by the field (pop culture, science, history...). Of course, the field may not always be obvious in the case of an article being proposed for deletion due to insufficient context...
In this case, it would probably be best if nominatiors place them all on one page, then other people distribute them as necessary. Alternatively, some system whereby {{afd}} gets replaced by {{afd-pop-culture}} etc, akin to stub sorting, might work.
This all has the positive side effect of making it easier for people expert in one domain to contribute to discussions in their domain.
Steve