[WikiEN-l] CSD always backlogged?

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Chris Picone wrote:
> I've been browsing CSD for a few days and I've noticed that every time I
> look at CSD it takes at least 40 minutes until an article is deleted.
> Granted I look in the afternoon, but it's sorta bad if an article stays on
> Wikipedia for more than 10 minutes if it shouldn't be... maybe we should do
> something about that.
> 
> I thought we had over 1000 admins. Granted CSD is a task not many should do,
> but shouldn't we make a system so that there's an "admin on duty" or an
> easier way to see what admins are online to help?
> 
> Either that or have me pass RFA so I can help ;-) (no i'm not running right
> now)
> 
> --Chris is me
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Aside from attack articles, a CSD backlog is not serious, and it is 
cleared regularly. 40 min is quite acceptable - indeed a day or two 
wouldn't concern me.

We've backlogs that have been sitting for months, and don't need the 
admin tools to deal with - if you are keen to help, start there.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog

Indeed the admin related backlogs are the least of our concerns.