Position vacant: WIKI ANGEL OF DEATH. Low pay, fantastic opportunities, lots of cookies *. Requires: immaculate judgement, sharp scythe, efficient attitude. Automatically pissing off querulous idiots advantageous. Apply at Special:Recentchanges or Special:Newpages.
With RickK taking (what is hopefully just) a rest, we need admins manning the pumps.People think of me as an ardent inclusionist, but I don't think anyone can call themselves an "ardent inclusionist" after doing Newpages patrol. About 20-40%, depending on time of day, will be immediately speedyable. Really, about 20-40%. You'll gain a deep and personal insight into what makes someone into an axewielding deletionist. ("HITLER? IF HE'S SO DAMN NOTABLE HE CAN WRITE HIS OWN ARTICLE! DELETE!")
Anyway, we need patrollers. Please get on Special:Newpages and Special:Recentchanges and do your bit to hold the tide back.
(r3m0t is beta-testing some very nice tools for making RC patrol a lot easier, and Newpages would easily be handled in the same sort of way. If you have Firefox with Greasemonkey, have a word with him on IRC. CoolCat also has some nice tools working with IRC, as does CryptoDerk. Have a look.)
- d.