Let's make a policy. The policy goes like this:
"If an administrator speedily deletes an article and it then turns out that the article in question was not a real candidate for speedy deletion, that administrator is awarded a point.
If an administrator gets more than 3 points during a 3 months period, that administrator loses admin privilegies."
Very easy. To many bad mistakes and you're out. The exact number of points and the number of months is not important. Maybe it should be 5 points in 12 months or 2 points in 2 months or whatever. Then the policy need some more text:
"Articles that are speedily deleted but then restored and kept in some way are not real candidates for speedy deletion."
I.e. pretend I write a three-line article about some obscure math topic. Some admin thinks it is rubbish and deletes it. Then a math-guru admin comes around and restores it. What probably happens is that the admin who did the deletion realises his or hers mistake. So he or she gets one point. Borderline cases are put on VFD. In practice it is very easy to determine whether a speedy deletion was motivated or not. And then the policy need some important lines to not make anyone angry:
"The intentions of the administrator does not play any role in how points are awarded. It should be assumed that the admin acted in good faith and didn't mean any harm to Wikipedia by deleting the article. However, good intentions affecting Wikipedia in a negative way cannot continue to go unchecked."
Like noone is angry that newbie sysop deleted four articles about classical poetry because he or she thought it sounded like rubbish. Mistakes happen. But if you cannot learn from your mistakes you are not fit for the job.
"The current score tally is kept on [[Wikipedia:Mistaken Speedy Deletions]]"
Because the information has to be recorded some way.
This is an awesome policy. I hope y'all understand what I mean even if it is late and writing legal sounding texts in English is hard. I'm not a newbie, I'm not being sarcastic/ironic and this proposal is serious. And I think it is good. But what do YOU think?
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