On 10/27/05, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/27/05, Anthony DiPierro wikispam@inbox.org wrote:
On 10/27/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Allowing anyone to delete articles will encourage deletion wars and doesn't help at all to establish discussion let alone concensus. --Mgm
Why is it that we don't have deletion wars among admins?
We do.
You can argue it's because admins are better than that, or you can argue that it's because admins know they'd be deadminned if they did such a thing. But either argument could apply to any editor. We don't have to allow editors to
get
into deletion wars.
The reason they are rare is there are fairly strong rules in place over what an admin can delete and when. -- geni
That's why I don't really understand the purpose of letting all users delete. I'm not opposed to it, and don't see the disadvantage, but I don't see why it's an advantage either. Really I think the best solution would be to get rid of Articles for Deletion and replace it with...nothing. Pure trash which can't be fixed can be speedily deleted. Anything else can be turned into a short factual article or a redirect. Anthony