On 07/11/06, Steve Block steve.block@myrealbox.com wrote:
Speedy deletion criterion A7, which states: "Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content. An article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject. If the assertion is controversial or there has been a previous AfD, the article should be nominated for AfD instead. Note: Avoid the word "vanity" in deletion summaries since it may be insulting."
I've just removed the tag from articles about a Hollyoaks actress, a Compuserve Vice President and a band broadcast on the BBC. Someone beat me to the line in removing a tag from an article on a bloke who had written number one singles. I'm staggered at what some people think is not an assertion of importance or significance. The criterion has to go. It was proposed as "An article about a real person that does not assert that person's importance or significance - people such as college professors or actors may be individually important in society; people such as students and bakers are not, or at least not for the reason of being a student or baker. If the assertion is disputed or controversial, it should be taken to VFD instead." which at least gave some examples, but they quickly fell out. Most of us who opposed this felt it would prove to be ambiguous, but the majority had their head. If our CSD truly are supposed to be limited, this has to be bashed with stick. Repeatedly. Ah well, rant over.
Steve block
I totally agree, it is feature creep---and unnecessary at that---to claim that some assertions are too dubious to be worth a discussion.
Peter Ansell