MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
I think Mark has an excellent point here. Some of the people supporting AFD being turned off seem to think that. Others just want to get rid of any poisonous feelings. I think deletion policy should provide to deleting or shutting off AFD itself. Don't delete an article if it is a vandal target yet a valid article topic. If it can be improved, do so and don't delete it. We'd be deleting stuff like "George W. Bush" and "GNAA" on a regular basis for the wrong reasons. If something is wrong with AFD, then those exact problems need to be found and addressed. Shutting off AFD is a cop out.
I don't think so. I think it's bad enough that just dynamiting the damned thing can't be worse than it is now. We do need a deletion mechanism, but we don't need it more than we need not to have a festering pit of bad faith.
- d.