geni wrote:
On 11/21/05, Brian Haws brian@bhaws.com wrote:
I think at least we should be using the "tag and bag" system for speedies. At least there would be two sets of eyes on them. They come and go so fast that they really get no review or accountability....
The deletion log can be view by anyone. I'm not sure we have the rescources to do what you describe.
I'm assuming "tag and bag" means requiring that one person put a speedy-delete tag on an article and wait for someone else to come along and delete it, therefore requiring at least two people to agree that it's speediable rather than letting just one admin decide on his own up front. If so, I don't see how that would take all that much in the way of resources. It's not like having an article tagged for speedy deletion stick around for a few days or weeks or whatever waiting to be stumbled across a second time is going to harm Wikipedia significantly, and if someone wanted to they could do a quick "speedy patrol" going through the category checking out currently tagged articles.
I've speedied articles occasionally myself, and the only situation I can think of where it would have been an actual problem not being able to just click "delete" and be done with it would be when I'm trying to move an article to a location where there's already another article or redirect. This situation could be given an expemption to the "tag and bag" requirement easily. Any other situations come to mind?