I got enough of an encouraging reception on this list to have started a discussion about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
There does seem to be support for renaming VfD and rewriting the VfD page notice, so I want to concentrate on that part of my proposal.
And my campaign slogan for the change is: as we currently present VfD, some newbies are feeling _bitten_ when they should really only feel _barked at._
I'm all for it.
It *would* be nice to be able to tell people who scoff at WP's lack of editorial review, "actually, [[WP:Editorial Review]] is the three most active pages on the site."
=sj=
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:53:39 -0500, dpbsmith@verizon.net dpbsmith@verizon.net wrote:
I got enough of an encouraging reception on this list to have started a discussion about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
There does seem to be support for renaming VfD and rewriting the VfD page notice, so I want to concentrate on that part of my proposal.
And my campaign slogan for the change is: as we currently present VfD, some newbies are feeling _bitten_ when they should really only feel _barked at._
dpbsmith@verizon.net stated for the record:
I got enough of an encouraging reception on this list to have started a discussion about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
There does seem to be support for renaming VfD and rewriting the VfD page notice, so I want to concentrate on that part of my proposal.
And my campaign slogan for the change is: as we currently present VfD, some newbies are feeling _bitten_ when they should really only feel _barked at._
How 'bout "Campaigns to Obliterate Inadequate Articles and Humiliate Their Worthless Authors"? We're dealing, after all, with a Very Serious Issue[tm]. The presence of a less-than-perfect article threatens to rend the very fabric of the space-time continuum, to say nothing of utterly annihilating Wikipedia as we know it....
Just keep in mind that renaming/reorganizing VfD will have serious implications as it ripples through the rest of the other languages. Make sure the system does not get more convoluted or depends on much more instruction reading.
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:09:13 -0700, Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.org wrote:
dpbsmith@verizon.net stated for the record:
I got enough of an encouraging reception on this list to have started a discussion about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
There does seem to be support for renaming VfD and rewriting the VfD page notice, so I want to concentrate on that part of my proposal.
And my campaign slogan for the change is: as we currently present VfD, some newbies are feeling _bitten_ when they should really only feel _barked at._
How 'bout "Campaigns to Obliterate Inadequate Articles and Humiliate Their Worthless Authors"? We're dealing, after all, with a Very Serious Issue[tm]. The presence of a less-than-perfect article threatens to rend the very fabric of the space-time continuum, to say nothing of utterly annihilating Wikipedia as we know it....
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Nice. Nicely coded personal attack. Nice way to avoid the issue by attempting to belittle those you disagree with. Nice attempt to avoid reasoned discussion.
Sorry it didn't work.
RickK
Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.org wrote: dpbsmith@verizon.net stated for the record:
I got enough of an encouraging reception on this list to have started a discussion about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
There does seem to be support for renaming VfD and rewriting the VfD page notice, so I want to concentrate on that part of my proposal.
And my campaign slogan for the change is: as we currently present VfD, some newbies are feeling _bitten_ when they should really only feel _barked at._
How 'bout "Campaigns to Obliterate Inadequate Articles and Humiliate Their Worthless Authors"? We're dealing, after all, with a Very Serious Issue[tm]. The presence of a less-than-perfect article threatens to rend the very fabric of the space-time continuum, to say nothing of utterly annihilating Wikipedia as we know it....
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Rick stated for the record:
Nice. Nicely coded personal attack. Nice way to avoid the issue by attempting to belittle those you disagree with. Nice attempt to avoid reasoned discussion.
Sorry it didn't work.
RickK
RickK, when I feel that you are worthy of a personal attack, I won't "code" it.
I apologize for having struck such an exposed and sensitive nerve, even though it was inadvertent.