[WikiEN-l] AFD has gone to a 7 day cycle

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Al Tally wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Proposal_to_change_the_length_of_deletion_discussions_to_7_days
>>
> 
> I wonder when the plan to inform the community was? It might seem like a
> minor change, but it's a significant one. AFD/VFD has been 5 days since,
> what, when it was created? It's a fairly entrenched system. Pointless in my
> view to extend by 2 days. People will simply not remember what they've been
> practising for years.
> 

Wow. Where was this advertised? I missed it.

AdD really does seem a law unto itself. Is 45 people supporting this 
change really enough?