Toby wrote:
Indeed he would, which is why it strikes me as especially odd in this case that mav was seeming to impose such a dramatic change like this.
It was on the policy page; I didn't put it there. But when I read it I thought it was a good idea, especially since I just dealt with the "full moon cycle" fiasco where a perfectly valid article was almost deleted and there wasn't a notice placed on the page to indicate that the page was marked for deletion. If there had been then somebody who cared about the article may have defended it before the 7 days were up.
Also, the original statement was on the VfD page. In that context "please" really means "please", but when the same statement was moved to the policy page (NOT BY ME!!!!), it has a bit more weight behind it. You will note that I ''did not'' change the policy page; just over-interpreted its meaning and repeated that over-interpretation on several user talk pages and yes, at the top of the VfD page.
I'm sorry I misinterpreted this - now will everybody please stop talking ill of me? For god's sake I only had the best of intentions and was trying to prevent valid articles from getting deleted. What the heck is wrong with trying to make sure the author and any reader of an article are informed that a page is listed for deletion?
How hard is it to write above the article's text: "This page is listed on [[Votes for deletion]]"?
Heck, I do that just to get to the VfD page; its easier than even creating a redirect.
Are people a) too lazy or b) don't want to invite people who might actually care about the article to the debate?
If not policy, then it certainly is a decent thing to do (especially considering the huge size of our VfD page; things are getting lost in the buzz).
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Mav wrote in part:
Toby wrote:
Indeed he would, which is why it strikes me as especially odd in this case that mav was seeming to impose such a dramatic change like this.
It was on the policy page; I didn't put it there.
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I'm sorry I misinterpreted this -
This seems satisfactory to me. Misunderstandings happen.
-- Toby
Daniel Mayer wrote:
I'm sorry I misinterpreted this - now will everybody please stop talking ill of me?
Yes. Everything is cool now, this was all just a big misunderstanding and it's over. :-) I think everyone knows that Mav is good.
If not policy, then it certainly is a decent thing to do (especially considering the huge size of our VfD page; things are getting lost in the buzz).
That's right, it is the decent thing to do.
--Jimbo