2009/1/12 Philip Sandifer snowspinner@gmail.com
On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:56 PM, David Gerard wrote:
Well, not really. If they don't believe a given item can have reliable sources - the sort of rabid nutters who brag about deletion tallies on their user pages - then they just won't accept anything. I speak here from observation of the phenomenon.
This has been one of the most toxic things I've seen in a long time, and it's a real problem. In the Threshold debate, I have seen, in all sincerity, the following.
1: The dismissal of a print source as "unverified" 2: The rejection of a source because of the possibility (with no evidence) that its author played the game in question. 3: The rejection of a third source because it allowed games to be submitted for review (even though it didn't review all games submitted)
And, most recently, the article has been the subject of a second AfD where the nominator flatly lies about the sourcing in the article, asserting that it is sourced to things it isn't, and ignoring sources it does have. That particular glory can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(onli...)
Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to have disappeared: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Th...
The edit summary just says "oops".
Michel