[WikiEN-l] AFD courtesy problem - alternative proposal

[geni]

On 1/17/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> So, I bow to the wisdom of others, and suggest this alternative
> (suggested by others):
>
> 1. blank and protect
> 2. leave the history there, but don't call special attention to it (this
> is so the victims don't feel that the blanking is pointless -- any
> wikipedian, even newbies, will know to click on 'history')
> 3. ask brion to see what he can cook up for blocking search spiders from it
>
> --Jimbo

Going over the archives is still going to be a major comitment of
rescorces (unless we give a bot admin powers and people are still not
completely happy about doing that).

--
geni