Keith Old wrote:
What I think is what would happen is that more articles would end up being speedy deleted with the author often not even having a say. Nor would they have the chance to improve their articles in response to criticism.
The creator often doesn't have a chance now, because the AFD regulars think it's too much like work to notify them.
Personally, I don't go to Articles for Deletion to win arguments or to salt the earth. Nor do the vast majority the hundreds of other people who participate in the process. From my experience most people on AfD are amenable to good argument. We should Assume Good Faith regarding participants in Articles for Deletion.
See current RFAr. It blatantly encourages an atmosphere of bad faith and that's damaging.
- d.