On 2/11/06, Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/11/06, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Mistakes happen via AFD all the time; results should not be immutable; and the system is very far from perfect. That said, it is better than a random process
I agree. I don't think anyone is suggesting that we should do deletion randomly.
There is no good reason to treat deletion differently than any other
edit.
Any process which involves dozens of people over the course of a week should naturally be treated differently, and reversed more slowly, than a single edit by a single user. This applies equally to AfD results and to FPC/FAC selections.
I'm sorry, I think you misunderstand me. I mean that deletion itself should be done like any other edit, and not through any process like AFD. Since this PROD deletion system is closer to the simplicity that I consider ideal, I endorse it. But I think it could be improved even further.
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If deletion was done like any other edit, we would have to somehow stop wheelwarring about deletion (which is now greatly confined). There'd be people deleting articles about Penises and certain Cartoons just because they disagree with it. I find a tag on the article a lot less intrusive than finding an article deleted by one user's whim. The opinion of one user is hardly representative of the community.
The whole point that the actual deletion button is given to admins is that they know the deletion guidelines and are supposed to be trusted members. If deletion/invisibility powers were given to anyone, we'd end up with a mess - useful articles deleted because one person didn't like them. And then there's the strain on the server when substantially large articles get deleted and undeleted multiple times.
Mgm