[WikiEN-l] editorial oversight, re: afd, fac, etc.

[· Firefoxman]

Dan, your client is breaking the threads in gmail.

On 1/16/07, dmehkeri at swi.com <dmehkeri at swi.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > There are just too many uninformed drive-by votes for me to continue in
> AfD,
> > > though, it's too contentious, the guidelines are ignored, editors make
> up
> > > reasons for deletion, and well-sourced articles on major topics are
> liable
> > > to be deletely simply because a small group of editors have never heard
> of
> > > some obscure world-leader Nobel laureate.
> >
> > Don't forget the human factor involved here. When a person finds they
> > actually have a voice in a crowd, they may use it simply to be heard; and
> to
> > call attention to the fact that they are there.
>
>
> I remember voting[1] for someone to become an administrator. It failed, with
> almost all opposers citing lack of project-space edits, some specifically
> mentioning XfDs (various deletion debates). As in, they advised him to go
> vote[1] on a bunch of XfDs and come back in three months.
>
> This thread reminds me of this, because essentially he was being told to do
> the
> very thing we are complaining about now.
>
> I am pleased to see he has so far ignored this advice. But I wonder what
> happens
> in other cases, and even whether other "aspiring administrators" see this
> and
> take it to heart before putting themselves up for RfA.
>
> Dan
>
> [1] Yeah, yeah. Technically they're not votes.
>
>
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