Posted simultaneously at WT:RFA I just saw the current message above the backlog tag at CAT:CSD. It reads: <!-- Remove the comments around the line below this message (Adminbacklog) to add a backlog tag. To remove the backlog tag, put comments tags around it. Usually, the tag is added if there are 100 or more articles (or 200 articles & images combined) in this category. --> When did it become acceptable to have 100 articles or 200 total things in CAT:CSD? Since we now have backlogs more often, that means we should raise the criteria for what is actually a backlog? Is this why we're unnecessarily raising our standards on RfA, because if we don't have as many "backlogs," but still have just as many pages waiting to be processed, then we don't need as many admins? This is appalling. We might as well stop promoting admins and just delete the backlog tag, then we wouldn't have any "backlogs" and nobody would have to do anything! Wouldn't that be nice? Ugh. This is just silly. We need to stop dicking around and start actually being productive. We're here to run an encyclopaedia, not pretend we're doing so and accomplishing absolutely nothing. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

I think backlogs in CSD are caused by one of three things: 1) Too little admins online to work on it. 2) Mass creation of deleteable articles after press attention. 3) Mistagging for speedy when it should be deleted with an alternative procedure.