On 4/22/08, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Regardless, it would be trivial for a bot to generate a list of articles belonging to both [[Category:Living people]] and [[Category:Articles for deletion]], and list them on some prominent page in project-space like "Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Living people", maybe give it a cute little shortcut such as WP:BLPFD (/ˈblɪpfʌd/) that would imply a separate process when in fact it isn't, and add a little note like <small>This debate has been included in the list of living people-related deletion discussions"</small>. Or not?
Something like that.
Unfortunately I can't tell whether this is agreement or dismissal.
Regardless of anything else that might be said about it, creating one comprehensive list of BLPs currently on AFD would at least allow people to get a better, broader idea of which pages would be affected by the current proposal. This would be more helpful in personally deciding how good of an idea it really is, much more-so than examples hand-picked to support an already formed opinion.
I am also skeptical of a "trial period" for the current proposal as I doubt enough people will be aware of the "reverse default outcome" soon enough to get meaningful results. A live list would also be helpful in measuring this awareness (and to some extent, obedience) during the "trial period" if there is one, or forever and ever amen otherwise.
Also it would be useful in identifying and correcting "collateral damage" and determining the overall level of it.
If somebody here is good with bots and interested in helping me with this idea, please let me know, publicly, privately, I don't care, but soon.
—C.W.