There are two reasons I don't do anything, once an article makes its way to VfD:
1. The matter will be decided by a vote. 2. The vote will ignore what I do to fix the article.
So many times, I've labored for over an hour on an article, just to find it deleted by a committee vote. I'd rather run for political office, at least I might get my picture in the paper.
If the article is really THAT BAD, just delete it: you're an admin, be bold and can that trash!
If it just needs a lot of work, pick a volunteer and assign him (or her) the task of fixing it.
If they refuse, they lose one WikiDollar ;-)
Ed Poor
Poor, Edmund W wrote:
There are two reasons I don't do anything, once an article makes its way to VfD:
- The matter will be decided by a vote.
- The vote will ignore what I do to fix the article.
That's not true at all. I've fixed dozens of articles that have appeared on VfD, left a note there saying "I rewrote it; keep the rewritten version", and it has been kept. Seems pretty simple to me.
-Mark
Ed Poor wrote
There are two reasons I don't do anything, once an
article makes its way
to VfD:
- The matter will be decided by a vote.
- The vote will ignore what I do to fix the
article.
As Eloquence once said on my talk page, "keep in mind that, while 'Votes for deletion' has votes in the title, it is not a formal vote."
I've explained in the past on [[Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy]] that there is far more to VfD than votes. Actions such as the article being rewritten obviously need to be taken into account by the sysop making the decision as to whether to delete an article. Often "votes" made prior to the rewriting will need to be discounted. If you feel there are sysops who are making deletion decisions without taking this into account, you need to address this with them, but I haven't seen any evidence of this happening. Rewritten articles are generally removed from VfD fairly soon after they have been rewritten.
Angela. ------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela/Deletion
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