This is an intriguing question, to which (I suspect) there may be no final answer. Perhap the debate itself is the chief benefit? Tim . . . 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. :-)
Yours,