G'day Matthew,
On 6/11/07, Jeff Raymond
<jeff.raymond(a)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.
<snip A7
definition/>
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.
I support discounting incredible claims. e.g. if an article says
so-and-so won the Nobel prize for nude mountaineering, when there is no
such prize (yet), then there is an assertion of notability, but we're
well within the bounds of Common Sense, if not A7[0], to speedy it.
I agree with you that in many cases the persons judging that grey area
are doing a poor job. Well, let's split that. The persons saying,
"that grey area is close enough to black" and tagging it are showing
poor judgment. The admins saying, "It's tagged, I must delete it," are
being lazy.
The number of dodgy speedies I see ...
[0] Please, don't say "but that would come under pure vandalism".
--
Mark Gallagher
"'Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten
in the leg by a personal friend."
- P G Wodehouse, /Carry On, Jeeves/