On Mar 17, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
Can I just make the comment that this thread shows why email is much better adapted to serious discussions that Wiki software is. Most of the comments on AfD are "Delete, per nom" or "Keep <insert brief spiel here>". Whereas on email people are actually able to develop ideas like "it's a copyvio" beyond that simple troublesome phrase.
And to think there was a proposed policy to ban offsite discussion about Wikipedia...:)
I propose a new guideline. I call it, "On-wiki policy discussion considered harmful".