[WikiEN-l] Viral swarming teenage vanity spam

Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au
Thu Jul 6 12:26:14 UTC 2006


G'day geni,

> On 7/6/06, Mark Gallagher <m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>> DRV is a safeguard to ensure that AfD gets the right *result*.  That's
>> all it's for --- *not*, I repeat *not*, simply to ensure AfD gets the
>> right *process*.  Process being followed is a good indication that the
>> AfD result was good; but it shouldn't blind us to potential errors.
> 
> An  argument that fails when you consider you only need an absolute
> majority to keep something deleted on DRV. If it is to be more than a
> process review area then that is illogical.

I'll admit, it relies on people not abusing it.  But then, so does a lot 
of Wikipedia.


-- 
Mark Gallagher
"What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse




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