[Wikipedia-l] Page titles to be deleted

[Ian]

Really, if you have to explain why it should be deleted then it probably
shouldn't. All the canidates I've seen for delation have been common
sense.

Ian Monroe
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Larry Sanger lsanger at nupedia.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

> Sounds good to me.  In "voting" for deletion, of course it's important to
> be able explain why one believes the page should be deleted.
> 
> Larry
> 
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Magnus Manske wrote:
> 
> > I thought about having an easy way of expressing "this page is obsolete and
> > should be deleted". Currently, we have "page titles to be deleted", but it
> > takes time and effort to go there and edit.
> >
> > The obvious solution:
> > * For logged-in users (troll prevention!), have a link in the sidebar "Mark
> > this page for deletion" (a shorter title might fit better, but I can't think
> > of any; maybe a shredder logo?;)
> > * This adds the current page to "log:Pages to be deleted" (or
> > "wikipedia:Pages to be deleted")
> > ** Alternatively, we mark the article in the database, so the page is "PTBD"
> > page is generated on-the-fly, ensuring it doesn't list pages that already
> > *have* been deleted
> > * Additionally, these pages are sorted by votes (descending, the "most
> > hated" on top;)
> > * Optionally, list the users that voted for deletion of that page
> >
> > Then, a sysop (=Larry) comes along, checks out the list and cleans up behind
> > us thoughtless page-creators by permanently deleting the pages he deems
> > obsolete.
> >
> > Before I implement any of that, any ideas, comments, flames? ;)
> >
> > Magnus
> >
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