On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
I wasn't saying we shouldn't discuss deletion
process: I think in fact
we should probably look at why PROD is underused. I think that having
the deleted articles off the site (unless you're an admin) does make
people not spend time looking at deleted material that has an intriguing
title but isn't worth reading, an activity that would probably involve a
great deal of duplicated effort. I simply disagree with (b) - it seems
like a proponent's view, and the history of the relevant project page
seems to indicate that most people lost interest in 2006 (when BLP began
to loom).
Well, now you've given me another guess: The problem with PWD is that it's
wrong to have deleted material available for people to look at because that
would encourage them to look at deleted content rather than undeleted
material?
You're right that the original proposal failed to achieve it's goals, but
given that it is a good idea, that's no reason to abandon it. The issue here
should be whether it's a good idea or not and why.
- causa sui