On 12/10/05, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
G'day Phil,
Turn off AfD. See what happens. if it's a disaster, we turn it back on and say "Well, shit, that was interesting." If it's not a disaster... we say "Well, neat, that was interesting." Really, there's only about three letters difference in the reactions.
And if we can't agree on the results? If a vocal minority --- including your good self --- cries "yippee, my article on minor fanfic characters can't be deleted! Neat!", do we consider the experiment a success?
I would consider it a success if those who wanted to delete articles on minor fanfic characters recognised, firstly, that such articles really aren't a problem for Wikipedia and second, that there are alternatives to deletion that would be acceptable to all.