Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
From: Guy
Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net>
We deleted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_big-bust_models_and_performers
due to sourcing issues. It was overturned at DRV without the sourcing
issues ever being addressed. It was relisted and speedy kept. It
still has sourcing issues.
What is "big"? Where is the external source that defines "big"?
What
sources are used to include the individuals concerned? No sources are
cited. The lead of the article is original research and the contents
is "phwooooar! look at the tits on that!"
It is always dispiriting when an article that reduces the average
quality of the project is kept in this way...
I voted to delete this article. I think it's a steaming pile... or at
least a wobbly mound.
But please, I really, really, REALLY wish that people would ease up
on the hyperbole. A case where one specific article or edit is
handled inappropriately does not mean that the process is broken.
No, it just goes towards proving the point. If VFD wasn't broken, it
wouldn't have been deleted (and the servers wouldn't have come to a
screeching halt like they did). VFU got renamed to DRV after people
screamed "it's not a vote!" and has been held hostage by a few process
wonks since.
"List of big-bust models and performers" is
somewhere reasonably near
the borderline. _I_ happen to think it's well outside, but, you know,
pressure from groups of people can and does shift the borderline for
articles where there are "special interests."
"List of women with silicon tits that we've seen in porn" doesn't have
the same ring to it, does it? Before the toolserver asploded, the "most
read" list of articles on Wikipedia was full of this and crap like it.
There is also a
consistent tendency to apply lower standards for articles that are
"fun" and that invite casual participation by non-expert users.
However, [[Exploding whale]] is well-sourced and well-written. (For 10
bonus points, find article X that quotes "exploding whale" in an example
of a usage of X.)
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