Mark Gallagher wrote:
Ay, there's the rub. I get the feeling those arguing for shutting down AfD don't feel that it *does* perform an important task. Rather, they'd prefer not to have deletions at all (other than CSDs, which already apparently go too far ...). If you've noted an element of sarcasm or, at the very least, tongue-in-cheekery from David, Anthony, etc. then this may provide a plausible explanation as to why.
Oh no, not at all. Most of what hits AFD is complete shit, and should be killed as quickly, messily and painfully as is feasible. A deletion mechanism is something that we have a need for; my objection is to the atmosphere of the AFD we have and the fostering of bad faith, and that getting any policy change on deletions is like stalemated trench warfare.
- d.