On 12/09/05, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
Having the discussions in a single place e.g. AfD biases the case towards those whose interest is in general deletion policy, whether they be deletionist, inclusionist, or whatever; in other words, regulars of that page. Page deletion by blanking would be accompanied by discussion on the talk page for an article, biasing the case towards those who care about the article. Both have their flaws.
Spot on. Personally, I favour the PWDS because it would take deletion out the hands of the folk who just hang around on AfD, and quite possibly end the majority democracy which seems to be the norm on AfD.
Further, if deletion was in the hands of everyone, they'd have to reach a consensus - if they want to edit war over it, they're welcome to take 24 hours every fourth revert to reconsider their position ;-).
Of course, PWDS will never be installed, as the entrenched AfD zealots will never concede to any change that threatens their pastime.
Dan