[WikiEN-l] Automated VFDing was Re: Banality threshold

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/1/07, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/1/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/1/07, SPUI <drspui at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Commons manages to have a "nominate for deletion" link in the sidebar,
> > > even when logged out. Is this all done locally?
> >
> > That goes to nfd_nomForDel() which is defined at
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Quick-delete.js and
> > included in common.js on Commons.
> >
> > We could *easily* make something exactly like this (to "AFD this
> > article") available to everybody on en.wikipedia but I really think it
> > would be a bad idea.
>
> why would it be a bad idea? Because people would delete too much? Or
> that they would not use the simper process of PROD as a  first resort?
> I;m much more concerned of their using Speedy as a all-purpose resort.

I think if we've really reached the point where we'd willingly make it
easier for a dissatisfied newcomer to nominate something for deletion
(rather than editing it first and trying to make it better), then we
are catering to the wrong mentality and we might as well just give up
now.

—C.W.