[WikiEN-l] Newbies "stumbling" across VfD

[Andrew Gray]

On 02/08/05, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/1/05, Daniel P. B. Smith <dpbsmith at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > But we aren't, and I suspect more than one person was incredibly
> > > confused. Think of all the pages that link to VfD, and how many
> > > newbies stumble across it; all the policies that mention it.
> >
> > I don't know about that.
> >
> > I suspect that very FEW newbies stumble across it. I am trying to
> > remember how long I was editing Wikipedia before I ran into VfD or
> > even knew that pages got deleted. I believe it was several months.
> 
> Really? I found it within days -- and, no, nothing I've written has
> been listed!  (Not even my composercruft -- but now I'll be quiet
> before someone goes  through my contribs with a fine-tooth comb. ;-))
> My first VfD edit is from 6 days after registering -- no, not voting,
> but listing a page. Curiosity corrupted the Kat, I guess; I wonder how
> anyone can *not* stumble across it.

I'd have to check when mine was, but I think I was using VfD (very,
very ineptly, probably) within the first couple of weeks. I think I
randomly found reference to deletion on a policy page somewhere, and
then was playing with random-page...

Especially given the current size of VfD, it wouldn't really surprise
me if it's even easier now.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk