On 8/26/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
No, volunteers want to do what they want to do. If you stop them doing what they want to do, that doesn't mean they'll do what they don't want to do.
I think it's /possible/ he meant that if users have to spend less time deleting articles that shouldn't have been created, they could spend time editing rather than deleting.
I'd disagree with that, too; the kind of people who like going through recent changes and doing janitorial work won't start writing; they'll start doing other kinds of janitorial work. However, such work could be more useful, granted.
-Matt