On 27 Apr 2007 at 18:33:21 -0400, "Daniel P. B. Smith" wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
So... he now wanted the article deleted. So, this time he argued with pitbull tenacity, carefully and methodically and with a clever understanding of Wikipedia policies, making the very best possible case for deletion... and got it deleted.
Interesting... kind of disproves my "Reverse Psychology Theory", where I've speculated that the best way to get an article kept is to be really obnoxious about wanting it deleted, and vice versa.
Interesting... kind of disproves my "Reverse Psychology Theory", where I've speculated that the best way to get an article kept is to be really obnoxious about wanting it deleted, and vice versa.
That works too. You nominate an article for deletion half a dozen times for stupid reasons, it gets kept each time, then when someone comes along and nominates it for a good reason people just see the long list of deletion debates on the talk page and say "Keep per last time" without bothering to read what last time was, and the article ends up being kept forever.
On 4/27/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting... kind of disproves my "Reverse Psychology Theory", where I've speculated that the best way to get an article kept is to be really obnoxious about wanting it deleted, and vice versa.
That works too. You nominate an article for deletion half a dozen times for stupid reasons, it gets kept each time, then when someone comes along and nominates it for a good reason people just see the long list of deletion debates on the talk page and say "Keep per last time" without bothering to read what last time was, and the article ends up being kept forever.
Yes, seen this happen all too often. I've starting noting this to editors on AfDs, this issue that by offering bogus reasons for deletion, you give other editors the right to argue keep against your bogus reasons. I hope it has some impact, although I have about 22 minutes a week to devote to Wikipedia, so probably won't hit but 2 editors this year.
KP