Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 21:16:49 +0200, "Cool Cat" wrote:
So do you have a suggestion to tackle/quick attack the problem? CfD is a slow and inefficient procedure to get rid of nonsense. Too many panic/contradictory "Keep" votes just pile up in almost an instant.
No way forward other than to gain consensus. Without a solid body of the community behind the change you will be accused of robbing people of their Jewish / black / gay / unicyclist identity. Quite how removing a cat from a Wikipedia article robs someone of their identity I don't know, but that is what is asserted. First stop the Village Pump, I guess.
While it's easy to agree that there are a lot of useless and lame categories, it's also the case that campaigns to purge these categories do more to create friction than to solve problems. With patience those with an identity crisis will eventually go away at which time the pointless categories can be removed without much fuss.
BTW, Methylated Wesletarian (who are dead) need to be distinguished from Ethylated Wesletarians, who are merely drunk. This must be divided into two categories. :-)
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