On 1/21/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/21/06, Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com wrote:
I question whether AfD can be considered "deliberative" at this point. I think a deliberative process is obliged to listen to arguments presented and make a decision based on them, and the evidence that AfD does so is somewhat lacking.
It's at least a little bit more deliberative than speedy deletion, I feel.
We can give people the opportunity to hold a discussion; unfortunately we cannot force them to take that opportunity. Although I think AfD does an excellent job in most cases (how much discussion does a self-written article about garage band formed three months ago merit?) it fails us badly when facile arguments are made in favor of deletion of perfectly good articles about people who have obviously achieved something that has been written about in reputable, independent sources or companies that, though quite small, are obviously an important part of the infrastructure of modern business.