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Simon Pulsifer

23 Oct 2004 23 Oct '04

6:28 a.m.

I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]] and [[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is no consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Phil Sandifer

23 Oct 23 Oct

5:09 p.m.

Yes. It is clear that there is no consensus to delete all schools prima faciae. There is also very notably no consensus to keep all schools. Which means that schools are covered on an individual basis. Which is, oddly enough, exactly what VfD is for - considering the deletion of an individual article. How convenient, no? -Snowspinner On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Simon Pulsifer wrote:

I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]] and [[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is no consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Mark Richards

7:52 p.m.

Right, the problem is that the reasons given for deletion are not ones that are part of the deletion policy. Do you support the deletion of articles with the word 'green' in, if I could persuade enough people to vote for it? I hope not, and for the same reason, I oppose people deleting school that do not meet deletion criteria. If they do meet the community agreed criteria for deletion, then I will vote delete. Mark --- Phil Sandifer <sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Yes. It is clear that there is no consensus to delete all schools prima faciae. There is also very notably no consensus to keep all schools. Which means that schools are covered on an individual basis. Which is, oddly enough, exactly what VfD is for - considering the deletion of an individual article. How convenient, no? -Snowspinner On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Simon Pulsifer wrote:

I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]]

and

[[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is

no

consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~

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Phil Sandifer

9:41 p.m.

If you can get a 2/3 vote on VfD for deleting an article because it has the word green in it, I will not only support it, I will delete the article myself. -Snowspinner On Oct 23, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Mark Richards wrote:

Right, the problem is that the reasons given for deletion are not ones that are part of the deletion policy. Do you support the deletion of articles with the word 'green' in, if I could persuade enough people to vote for it? I hope not, and for the same reason, I oppose people deleting school that do not meet deletion criteria. If they do meet the community agreed criteria for deletion, then I will vote delete. Mark --- Phil Sandifer <sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Yes. It is clear that there is no consensus to delete all schools prima faciae. There is also very notably no consensus to keep all schools. Which means that schools are covered on an individual basis. Which is, oddly enough, exactly what VfD is for - considering the deletion of an individual article. How convenient, no? -Snowspinner On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Simon Pulsifer wrote:

I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]]

and

[[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is

no

consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~

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Rick

11:22 p.m.

And I'll support its deletion as well. RickK Phil Sandifer <sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: If you can get a 2/3 vote on VfD for deleting an article because it has the word green in it, I will not only support it, I will delete the article myself. -Snowspinner On Oct 23, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Mark Richards wrote:

Right, the problem is that the reasons given for deletion are not ones that are part of the deletion policy. Do you support the deletion of articles with the word 'green' in, if I could persuade enough people to vote for it? I hope not, and for the same reason, I oppose people deleting school that do not meet deletion criteria. If they do meet the community agreed criteria for deletion, then I will vote delete. Mark --- Phil Sandifer wrote:

Yes. It is clear that there is no consensus to delete all schools prima faciae. There is also very notably no consensus to keep all schools. Which means that schools are covered on an individual basis. Which is, oddly enough, exactly what VfD is for - considering the deletion of an individual article. How convenient, no? -Snowspinner On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Simon Pulsifer wrote:

I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]]

and

[[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is

no

consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~

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Mark Richards

25 Oct 25 Oct

9:47 p.m.

Then you are in a state of sin. Deleting content that does not meet community agreed criteria simply because you can get a majority of people in the room to agree to it is clearly not in the best interests of the 'pedia. Mark --- Phil Sandifer <sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

If you can get a 2/3 vote on VfD for deleting an article because it has the word green in it, I will not only support it, I will delete the article myself. -Snowspinner On Oct 23, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Mark Richards wrote:

Right, the problem is that the reasons given for deletion are not ones that are part of the

deletion

policy. Do you support the deletion of articles

with

the word 'green' in, if I could persuade enough

people

to vote for it? I hope not, and for the same

reason, I

oppose people deleting school that do not meet deletion criteria. If they do meet the community agreed criteria for deletion, then I will vote

delete.

Mark --- Phil Sandifer <sandifer(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Yes. It is clear that there is no consensus to > delete all schools prima > faciae. There is also very notably no consensus

to

> keep all schools. > > Which means that schools are covered on an > individual basis. > > Which is, oddly enough, exactly what VfD is for - > considering the > deletion of an individual article. > > How convenient, no? > > -Snowspinner > On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Simon Pulsifer

wrote:

> >> I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion

policy/schools]]

> and >> [[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty >> clearly show that in the wider community there

is

no

consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~

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Rick

23 Oct 23 Oct

8:28 p.m.

What they show is that there is no consensus, one way or the other. RickK Simon Pulsifer <se_pulsifer(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: I think [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools]] and [[Wikipedia:What's in, what's out]] both pretty clearly show that in the wider community there is no consensus to remove schools. - ~~~~ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

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