On 24/11/05, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
I _always_ tag images for deletion rather than delete them directly myself. That's usually the case with articles too, the only ones I just outright delete are history-free redirects that are in the way of a move operation.
uh hu and when did you last clear out catigory candidates for speedy deletion? you've just doubled the number of admin hours needed to get things done.
Cat:CSD isn't bad at all. I do it regularly, at random times; I've never seen more than a screenful of stuff there. Pick a swathe, delete about half, leave a quarter tagged but undeleted where I'm unsure, and the rest either untag as not a CSD, resend to AfD or make a rediurect. Quick and simple, and I've never seen much of a backlog - if you're an admin, it's about the simplest maintenance task going.
I delete a small number of articles on sight - ones where the total content is "asdf" or "jimmy sux cok heh heh" but otherwise tag for speedy deletion - it's good practice, it takes a trivial amount of time, and what do we lose by it?
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