[WikiEN-l] Re: VfD is broken

[Ray Saintonge]

Timwi wrote:

> Chris Wood wrote:
>
>> Votes for deletion have gone through the roof. At the start of 
>> August, the
>> average number of pages voted for deletion per day was two. Now it is
>> somewhere between 25 and 30, and I see no reason to expect this to stop
>> increasing.
>
> I don't tend to involve myself much on VfD, but my gut feeling tells 
> me that this can be easily counter-acted by simply removing 
> inappropriate VfD listings.
>
> So what we need is a policy that defines what VfD listings are 
> appropriate.

That's nice in theory.  Still, there is a clique that tends to scream 
bloody murder if you remove things before they feel the time has come.  
Some of us would be glad to remove such items from the list as soon as 
they appear, but are not prepared to face all the bitching without backup.

If a member of the deletionist clique puts something on VfD he has 
immediate backup from his colleagues based on their mutual trust.  For 
the rest of us the amount of time required to properly deal with these 
issues is a huge distraction from positive contributions.

I don't know if more policies will help.  A fair and consistent 
applications may be more beneficial.  Maybe anyone who has been around 
for at least a year should feel free to remove anything from the VfD 
without having to run the gauntlet.

Ec