I intended more than that. of course closers should-- and mostly do-- ignore diversions and trolls and sockpuppets; that part is fairly easy. To decide between two interpretations of policy, both plausible and put forth in good faith, or between two conflicting statements of policy is another matter, and I do not see how anyone can do it without injecting his own views about what the policy or the interpretation ought to be. Most closings go right because most people who close are sensible themselves. But not all.
On 6/23/07, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
If Article A was undergoing deletion, any comment not relevant to why that article should be kept/deleted, any comment that is not relevant to the AfD covered can be considered as trolling. There should be fairly simple reasons why an article should be kept/deleted. Any irrelevant discussion should be discouraged if not out right banned.
Judging an AFD isn't that hard so long as you do not treat it like a vote. It is as simple as protecting a page or blocking a user or editing an article for that matter. If a judgment isn't a part of an AFD closure, we are simply promoting sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry.
- White CatOn 6/23/07, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 22 Jun 2007 at 17:23:26 +0300, "White Cat" wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
Trolling should be strictly forbidden. Anyone trolling on RFAs, VFDs,
CFDs
should be immediately blocked rather than given any slack. Trolling
itself
should also be removed. If people are not able to give a rationale
reasoning
they shouldn't be participating in the discussion anyways.
How exactly do you define "trolling"? Labeling one's opponents in any debate as "trolls" is just as unfair a tactic as trolling itself.
-- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/
WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l