[WikiEN-l] Administrator coup / mass deletions

[Ryan Delaney]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed with David G. on this point. The general sentiment to keep up
> with BLPs is ok, I think; but most of the time sources can be found
> for most bios. (And yes, I do make an occasional hobby of sourcing
> random BLPs -- it's hard work and takes at least a good hour or two
> per bio to do properly, and that's with access to a full university
> library). Running a mass deletion does have the unfortunate effect
> that there's no time for anyone to scramble for sources, which folks
> will do at least some of the time if given a chance. On the other
> hand, if *all* unsourced bios are deleted, at least no one can claim
> theirs was singled out for deletion! And hey, it gives a clean slate
> to start with (she says, somewhat tongue in cheek).

You're right that these are all very bad problems.

Pure Wiki Deletion would be an elegant solution to this, and many
other similar snafus.

Just sayin'.

- causa sui