Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Until an article is approved, it can be deleted
by *any* registered
user, there's no need to bother an admin to delete it. Additionally,
if the article is not approved within X days, it is automatically
deleted.
All good, IMO, except for the assumption of bad faith right at the end
there. I don't see why the default has to be "delete". At that point the
article's been hanging around for X days with a bomb strapped to its
chest and not a single editor has seen fit to pull the trigger on it,
suggesting that it probably isn't total trash. It may simply be a little
questionable, which is something Wikipedia can work with.
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If we adopted such a system, it should work so that a user can nominate an
article
and an admin can make a decision according to our policy on
deletion. There should also be consideration of the categories of
article that would be liable for speedy deletion and those that would go
through a lengthier process such as Articles for deletion.
As Bryan Derksen argues, we should look at which articles we should work on
and which have no potential at all.
Regards
*Keith Old*