[WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

[Emily Monroe]

> Treating them as such would lead to over-defending them, i.e. drama.

As a new page patroller, this kind of makes sense. I tag lots of  
articles for deletion via CSD or PROD. I get a lot of complaints from  
people who don't know wikipedia policy, and I gently guide them  
whenever I can (okay, take the PROD tag off *after* you've improved  
the article, put a {{hangon}} tag and leave a justification at the  
talk page, etc.) Needless to say, this creates a bit of drama and  
anxiety no matter how I handle it.

Emily
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:57 AM, David Gerard wrote:

> 2009/9/9 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>:
>
>> I think an admin undeleting a speedy should always leave a note to  
>> the
>> deleting admin, explaining why. The usual reason would be that a  
>> mistake
>> of some kind (e.g. on copyright) has been made in applying CSD. If  
>> there
>> is an issue of a judgement call on notability it might be better to
>> discuss with the deleting admin first. Of course there is common  
>> sense
>> to apply: if the deletion was for nonsense content, and I'm  
>> recreating
>> the topic with sensible content, that is hardly "reversing an admin
>> action". But where it is a case of reversing a considered action of
>> another admin, not just sorting out a mistake, our code of admin  
>> conduct
>> suggests strongly that you consult first (if the urgency is low).
>
>
> I believe the "no need to nag" came from speedy patrollers complaining
> that thinking about their hasty decisions would mean they couldn't
> think about them fast enough - i.e., that speedies generally *are not*
> considered actions. Treating them as such would lead to over-defending
> them, i.e. drama.
>
>
> - d.
>
> _______________________________________________
> WikiEN-l mailing list
> WikiEN-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l