[WikiEN-l] More on WT:AFD

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Sat Jan 28 16:37:44 UTC 2006


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Tony Sidaway stated for the record:

> On 1/28/06, John Lee <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
> 
>>Tony Sidaway wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm not going to get involved with this.  At this stage the only thing
>>>that can help Wikipedia's deletion process is to have it nuked from
>>>orbit.  Only the Foundation can do that, if the new arbitration
>>>committee is too scared to act.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>This attitude is not helpful. Furthermore, the arbcom doesn't really
>>have jurisdiction over deletion process or any form of policy, IIRC --
>>Jimbo only delegated his judicial powers to it.
>>
> 
> 
> That beiing so, I'd gently suggest that the Foundation *must* get
> involved in this.  Deletion is a mess and the various deletion-related
> forums have become a law unto themselves.  We can't do anything,
> arbcom is scared to do so, and so outside action is required.

Assume good faith, Tony.  Accusing us of being scared is not going to
persuade us to do what you want us to do.

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