[WikiEN-l] Cruft

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Jesse W wrote:
> On May 3, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Pete Bartlett wrote:
> 
>>>> We're not hunting down newbies and forcing them to participate in
>>>> deletion discussions.
>>> Yes, we are, every time we nominate one of their articles.
>> I know we already put {{afd}} tags on pages, but I think it should be
>> mandatory to alert article creators on their talk page that an afd
>> has been started on their article.
> Er. [[WP:OWN]]?  Images are an exception, as nearly all images are the 
> work of one or two people at most.  Articles are not.  Articles can, 
> and often are, watched.  Wikipedians ought to pay attention to their 
> watchlists if they wish to express opinions about their contributions.
> 

More often than not, people who have made major contributions to an
aritcle will have some knowledge on the subject, and their input will be
helpful.

>> It is amazing how often AfD debates
>> do not benefit from the opinion of the original creator.
> It is not amazing.  Most people do not feel the need to continue to 
> respond to questions about their contributions to Wikipedia after they 
> have contributed them.  This is unsurprising.
> 
> I throughly oppose a requirement to notify people who have expressed 
> (through not using their watchlists) a desire not to continue 
> discussing their contributions.
> 

How many articles are on your watchlist? Do /you/ check every edit that
appears on your watchlist?

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