[WikiEN-l] Re: VfD is broken

[Christopher Larberg]

Except that it's often difficult to determine whether something is nonsense or not. Putting it on Vfd instead of flagging it for speedy deletion allows the community to develop a consensus on whether it is valid. Take [[Paul Buissonneau]], which RickK mentioned, as an example. I listed this on Vfd because it sounded like either vanity or a fictional person. Now, the subject has been verified as a real person, the article has been rewritten, and I have motioned to keep the article. If I had just flagged it as a speedy delete candidate, an administrator would probably have given me the benefit of the doubt and deleted it, preventing Wikipedia from gaining another informative article.

--Slowking Man

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Timwi<mailto:timwi at gmx.net> 
  To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org<mailto:wikien-l at wikipedia.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 2:00 PM
  Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: VfD is broken


  Rick wrote:

  > And what do we do about articles which CAN'T be "improved"?  What do we 
  > do with such articles as [[Demish]], [...]

  I haven't had a look at the others, but ... wow. This really is some 
  interesting piece of fiction. :-) Now, of course, the question is, is 
  there actually such a thing as "Demish" (language or anything else)?

  If not, then I agree it should be a speedy deletion candidate.

  If yes, then it should be replaced with a stub about the Real Thing™.

  Timwi