[WikiEN-l] CSD A7, hilarity ensues

[Matthew Brown]

On 6/11/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
> If you have to do any interpreting, why are you speedying it in the first
> place?

Exactly; speedy deletion criteria are supposed to be cut and dried.
If there is an assertion of notability, it can't be speedied.

Anthony, where did you get the text above?  I certainly was not from
[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion]], which states:

7. Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content. An article
about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web
content that does not assert the importance or significance of its
subject. If controversial, or if there has been a previous AfD that
resulted in the article being kept, the article should be nominated
for AfD instead.

It's quite common, although not actually supported by the criteria, to
speedy delete articles where the claim to importance/significance is
not credible.  I think that's a bit questionable at times, since we're
introducing subjectiveness to the procedure.  I'm pretty sure some
people are speedying articles because they don't think references in
the national press are enough.

-Matt