Ok, here's my suggestions:
In cases where tagging may result in an article, or significant portions of it, being removed for reasons other than vandalism or similar, the tagger must:
- place a note on the editor's talk page saying the article has been tagged
This is often done, but not always. I'll admit to not notifying everyone whose articles I have speedy deleted. But to be honest, this would slow things down to a ridiculous extent. I do not consider this laziness. I usually put links to CSD criteria in my deletion summaries, and I have a big wide open door on my userpage saying "if you object to a deletion, message me". I will go to great lengths to explain a deletion. And I have no problem with undeleting/userfying/whatever is necessary.
- place a note (NOT templated) on the article talk page explaining what the
problem is. "failed notability" is not good enough
Any tags placed that fail to meet these can be summarily deleted. If they are not removed, at the admin's leisure, they are _not_actionable_ until someone DOES meet these criterion or does remove them. Additionally, incorrect tags, prods on NPOV or notability for instance, should be summarily removed. These would fix the vast majority of cases I come across.
Maury
Prods should always have the creator notified. I don't see how a note on the talk page could help anything--the prod tag should already include a deletion rationale. I see what you're saying though, that a prod rationale of "POV article" would not make sense to a Wikipedia newbie. What is the solution? Link to [[WP:NPOV]]? Ask editors to write in more generic language? Wikipedia policies do not always break down into easily-digestible phrases. This is an unfortunate reality.
I agree that occasionally a worthy subject will get deleted. But I also think that admins do the best they can, and if a subject is truly noteworthy its article will be recreated. I try to be cautious with what I delete (though I admit that I have and do make mistakes, but again that is what the "open door" is for). We should not add any layers to the speedy deletion process. So much rubbish is created every day and there must be a fast way of getting rid of it.
Erica