[WikiEN-l] Speedy deletion patrol

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"Daniel P. B. Smith" wrote

> > From: David Boothroyd <david at election.demon.co.uk>
> >
> > I agree with this. A few days ago I created [[338171]]. Being rather
> > bored at the time I gave a facetious edit summary which claimed the
> > article was all about the number 338,171. It was swiftly tagged with
> > a speedy delete tag, and then deleted (despite me having quickly put
> > a {{hangon}}).
> >
> > The article was actually a redirect to T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of
> > Arabia"). Wanting privacy, in later life Lawrence re-enlisted in the
> > RAF as an Aircraftsman (equivalent of Private in the Army), and was
> > given 338171 as his service number. He often signed himself "338171
> > A/C Shaw", prompting Noel Coward to ask him "May I call you 338?".
> >
> > It was quite obvious on reading the article that it was actually a
> > redirect. If the admin had checked the article to which it was
> > redirected he would have found the reason explained there. So while
> > it's legitimate to claim to have been misled by the edit summary,
> > that really doesn't justify mistakenly speedying a perfectly good
> > redirect. I appreciate that speedy deletion patrollers are often
> > overworked but overwork is not an excuse for lack of common sense.
> 
> Good intentions are not an excuse for disrupting Wikipedia to  
> illustrate a point.

And underwork is not an excuse for lack of common sense, either.

Charles

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