On 1/21/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/21/06, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
The discussion should not proceed to deletion until those
proposing deletion have diligently investigated all alternatives. *NO ONUS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THOSE OPPOSING DELETION*. It should be for those proposing that the article, category, article template or other encyclopedia component, should be deleted, to show by due diligence that the item cannot be reorganised in a fruitful manner.
You appear to be asking them to prove a negative. That is generaly considered to be imposible (outside maths).
If that is impossible then why are so many voting to delete articles? Besides, the proposal is to have them prove that a positive did not occur within a limited (but extendable) timeframe. Sortof how the Americans failed to prove that there is weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but managed to prove that they couldn't find any during 200304-200601.
-- mvh Björn