Daniel Mayer wrote:
Yes - I agree. Jimbo really should take a look at the stuff added to VfD before making a decree that VfD should be abolished.
I'm not about to make any sort of decree, don't worry about that.
Erik suggested that the problems with VfD can only be resolved by me making a decision, or appointing someone to make a decision. But I have a slightly different view.
Nothing about VfD is Policy with a capital P, laid down or decreed by me. It's just a social custom, no more and no less. If the VfD process decides that an article like "Palestinian views on the peace process" should be redirected or deleted, there's absolutely nothing to prevent the next person who comes along from trumping the VfD process by just editing the page.
And if they do so in a positive, co-operative, and NPOV manner, then Wikipedia will be the stronger for it. If they do so in a negative, non-co-operative, and POV manner, then the Wiki process will work again -- the article will get re-deleted, re-redirected, etc.
--Jimbo