The "prod" tag probably saves time in this respect. The only disadvantage with this is that it may cause good but inactive articles to get deleted simply because nobody removes an improperly added prod. That's why a "prod patrol" would be a good idea if there already isn't one.

I,m sure that a common vision of "antideletionists" is of this geek with no life sitting around all day pressing the random button looking for deletable articles similar to the image of the antispammer sitting in front of his PC waiting for spam to come in so he can complain about it. (now of days he doesn't have to wait long :(

> Anyone who thinks they're an "inclusionist" should do Special:Newpages > patrol some time. OH MY GOODNESS THE FIREHOSE OF CRAP!

Tangent: so the banning of IP article creation has totally failed in its stated goal, namely to cut back on the "FIREHOSE OF CRAP"? Interesting. Perhaps it's time for a re-examination of that policy.

Tangent: so the banning of IP article creation has totally failed in its stated goal, namely to cut back on the "FIREHOSE OF CRAP"? Interesting. Perhaps it's time for a re-examination of that policy. -David

David Gerard wrote:

> Anyone who thinks they're an "inclusionist" should do Special:Newpages > patrol some time. OH MY GOODNESS THE FIREHOSE OF CRAP!

I think anyone who uses a speedy tag should have to do an hour of this. Might make people realise what the speedy tags really are for.

I think the problem is that, doing their level best in good faith to deal with the FIREHOSE OF CRAP, they get punch-drunk from repeatedly being hit over the head with the sum total of human stupidity and eventually scream "AIEEEE IT'S ALL CRAAAAP KILL IT ALL KILL IT WITH A STICK!!!"

On 12/28/06, Luna <lunasantin(a)gmail.com> wrote: Still, it must take a lot of time to do the research necessary to determine "deletability". Therefore, with the exception of obvious BS, you would still have to see something in the article that prompts you to stop and do such research. The "prod" tag probably saves time in this respect. The only disadvantage with this is that it may cause good but inactive articles to get deleted simply because nobody removes an improperly added prod. That's why a "prod patrol" would be a good idea if there already isn't one. I,m sure that a common vision of "antideletionists" is of this geek with no life sitting around all day pressing the random button looking for deletable articles similar to the image of the antispammer sitting in front of his PC waiting for spam to come in so he can complain about it. (now of days he doesn't have to wait long :(