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

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 6/7/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 07/06/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I don't get the feeling that this is what is going on in AfD, though.
> > People are simply finding articles, somehow, on obscure topics,
> > outside of their scope of knowledge, and nominating them to be deleted
> > without looking into it any further.    There are simply no end of
> > ways to finding someone more competent on a topic than you yourself
> > are--find them, ask them about it.  But, for some reason, this is far
> > removed from the mind of the deletionist.
> > I think there's some power in deleting articles or something, and
> > that's what's really going on.
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>
> Admin goldfarming. If you want to level up, getting known as an AFD
> regular is a good way to get !votes.
>
> When such nominations cause problems or serious ill will during debates, I
> certainly don't hope it helps someone through RFA.
>