[WikiEN-l] Re: Deletion policy needed

David Friedland david at nohat.net
Thu Oct 16 03:31:48 UTC 2003


Toby Bartels wrote:

>>1) Set a formal threshold for deletion, maybe 75%.
> 
> 
> I suspect that option 1 would exacerbate the ballot stuffing problem.
> If ballot stuffers advertising on Usenet (which is awful!)
> know exactly what goal they need to reach, then they'll be more motivated.
> 

Why not just set the limit to be users whose accounts existed and had a 
first edit _before_ the page was listed on VFD? Then this problem 
essentially goes away as no one who wasn't around before it got listed 
can participate in the debate.

-- David [[User:Nohat]]




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