On 1/19/07, James Forrester jdforrester@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/01/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/17/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Look at the editing history of User:Amarkov. An editor who edits NOTHING but deletion debates, apparently in all hard-working sincerity.
A filthy job, but someone has to do it.
Really? I fail to see why any of our deletion systems require anyone to devote anything approaching the majority of their wiki-time to them; certainly, not the exclusivity thereof.
Please note that there is one system that does require near-absolute devotion, namely Arbitration. Ah well. :-)
Well, yes, it is true that nobody has to contribute all their wikitime to deletion debates. I do some other projectspace discussion, too, but it is mostly deletion debates. However, if you've seen my prose, you do not want me writing articles. And besides, I don't want to write articles. Editing Wikipedia for me is something enjoyable to do, so I refuse to do something I have no interest in doing. If it makes me a worse contributor to live in projectspace, so be it.
And how did I get picked as an example, anyway?
-Amarkov
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On 20/01/07, Who Cares bowtothemath@yahoo.com wrote:
Well, yes, it is true that nobody has to contribute all their wikitime to deletion debates. I do some other projectspace discussion, too, but it is mostly deletion debates. However, if you've seen my prose, you do not want me writing articles. And besides, I don't want to write articles. Editing Wikipedia for me is something enjoyable to do, so I refuse to do something I have no interest in doing. If it makes me a worse contributor to live in projectspace, so be it. And how did I get picked as an example, anyway?
Sorry, I was just using you as an example of a contributor who's most prominent in deletion discussions, not saying you were a problem case or whatever.
- d.