[WikiEN-l] Changing the AfD process (Was: Re: [[Daniel Brandt]] is gone again)

[Anthony]

On 6/20/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/20/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/20/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > We should certainly consider changing the deletion process. I'd favor
> > > a switch to "default to delete" for biographical articles.
> >
> > Define "biographical".
> >
>
> Primarily I'm thinking about living biographies.  If an article is
> substantially a description of events in the life of a living person,
> then we should perhaps consider "if in doubt, delete".  We already
> have a "Living people" category so in most cases it should be easy
> enough to identify such articles.

I think "if in doubt, delete" is a bit too far - "majority rules"
would be better IMO, but if we're going to drastically alter deletion
standards we should probably consider doing away with the whole
concept of letting any idiot who creates an account vote on such a
matter.