G'day Sam, <snip />
There appear to be two main criticisms of AfD:
- Unreliability. This appears to be your point.
- Bad and unhealthy atmosphere.
I would appreciate (from anyone) evidence for either of these. Despite all the comments about AfD's foibles and failings, I personally have not seen them in action.
Actually, Snowspinner provided an example of '1' to start the thread (well, one of the threads): /Elf-Only Inn/. As a webcomics fan myself (although I don't like or read /Elf-Only Inn/ itself), I can certainly see his point[0].
Recently, there were a couple of rather ignorant postings to AfD (might've been VfD at the time, actually) about Australian issues. They were roundly defeated, though, so I don't know if that counts.
As for '2', well, Phroziac posted what he felt was evidence of a "bad and unhealthy atmosphere" early on, as well.
[0] And I'm hanging out for the time when Tycho and Gabe get their own entries on en-WP. That would obviously be cruft, but I'd like to hear those who want minor characters from movies to have pages to explain *why* major characters from /Penny Arcade/ don't belong.