On 12/8/05, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/8/05, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Carbonite wrote:
On 12/8/05, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
By the way, I really hope the experiment of switching off anon page creation is followed up with an experiment in switching off AFD for a month.
Isn't that a bit like experimenting with not taking out your trash for
a
month? They're both fairly unpleasant experiences that no one really
wants
to do, but they can't be halted without some other way of getting rid
of the
refuse.
If the volunteer garbagemen are driving people out of the town as hard as they can, it would probably be less damaging to the community and be a REALLY GOOD incentive to come up with something less socially toxic. See evidence in current RFAr.
Right. And "trash" is more akin to speedy deletes, which is altogether different. AfD candidates are rarely hurting anyone; just out of place or against one or another content policy.
Looking at the huge number of articles on AfD that are unanimously deleted, I'm not sure how else to describe them other than "trash". These articles may not be as bad as speedy deletes (the decaying food that will cause a stench if not quickly removed), but that doesn't mean they should be kept. What we need is a process to efficiently remove articles that currently receive 100% support for deletion on AfD. If these articles no longer had to go through AfD, I think we probably could scrap the whole thing and send the volunteer garbagemen packing.
Carbonite