Theresa Robinson wrote:
I prefer it without the bright boxes. I agree that it is very prominent to editors, and that it screams "please fix me." However, it is overly distracting to people who have stumbled to the pedia from google and just want to read the article.
Speaking as a committed non-supporter of VfD, I find the "cleanup box" much more palatable.
I don't think that exposing casual visitors to it is all that bad. It's there because somebody thought there was a problem. There should be as much an alert to the visitor as to the regular. Letting the visitor know that there may be a problem is a matter of openness and transparency. It warns him to read critically. Without it he may put undue reliance on the material, and blame Wikipedia when it turns out to be wrong.
Of course everybody should apply critical reading skills to evertyhing on the net. ...but that's another story.
Ec