[WikiEN-l] Nominations for deletion, too short, not trivia

[David Gerard]

On 05/06/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/5/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:

> > It's incredibly disingenuous, if you look at the diff:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Airlie&diff=135883498&oldid=134220862

> I begin to wonder how many people systematically vandalize articles
> prior to deleting them or sending them to AFD (but do it in a less
> transparent way than this particular hoodlum did).


In a lot of cases (BLPs especially, but not exclusively) people delete
what they see as dubious rubbish first. I understand it's best to note
this on the AFD itself, though.


- d.