They usually do it without even informing the creators of the work of their proposed deletion
I suggested on AFD talk that when nominating an article for deletion, you contact the creator. They decided this was too much like effort.
(This was after I wrote [[Danese Cooper]] and it survived deletion while I wasn't looking. A classic case of "delete because I'm ignorant of the subject.")
and go ballistic if their pseudo-policy is questioned.
This is readily apparent too.
Oh, wikien-l is apparently enemy territory of AFD now for discussing the matter. Assume Bad Faith!
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
They usually do it without even informing the creators of the work of their proposed deletion
I suggested on AFD talk that when nominating an article for deletion, you contact the creator. They decided this was too much like effort.
(This was after I wrote [[Danese Cooper]] and it survived deletion while I wasn't looking. A classic case of "delete because I'm ignorant of the subject.")
Sounds like something out of the Hitchhikers Guide...
and go ballistic if their pseudo-policy is questioned.
This is readily apparent too.
Oh, wikien-l is apparently enemy territory of AFD now for discussing the matter. Assume Bad Faith!
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