[WikiEN-l] Slight adjustment for PROD

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"Ryan Wetherell" wrote

> On 12/29/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an idea for PROD. You know when someone PRODs an article, and then
> > the PROD tag is removed, you have to then take it to AFD because the author
> > of the article doesn't want the article to be deleted? Well, I think that in
> > order for the PROD to be justifably removed, the author *must* state an
> > acceptable (at the very least) reason that the article shouldn't be PRODed.
> > If it's acceptable-at-the-very-least, then it can be taken to AFD. If
> > there's no reason or the reason given is not reasonable (for example, if the
> > stated reason was "Because Jimbo has a beard"), then the removal can be
> > reverted.
> >
> > How does this sound?
> 
> I just reverted a PROD tag removal, and justified it on the talk page
> by saying that there had been no changes to the content of the
> article, and no stated opposition to the PROD.  This is okay, right?

Would 'this is never a PROD in a million years' be an acceptable reason? It is how I have felt a couple of times. Bear in mind the tendency on the site for people to think that material should be deleted, if _they_ can't see what it is for. Whereas PROD should be for material that, in effect, no one without a direct and personal connection could see what it is for.

Charles

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