On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 2008/12/3 Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> 2008/12/2 Sigvat Kuekiatngam Stensholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > I am in one sense amused, in another sense astonished, that Ellen > >> > Hambro, the leader of what is effectively the Norwegian Environmental > >> > Protection Agency, up for AFD, and even more astonished to see some > long > >> > time contributors voting to delete it. > >> > >> Things get proposed for AFD all the time that shouldn't be deleted, > >> that's why we have an AFD process and don't just let anyone delete > >> anything they like. If it actually gets deleted, then it may be > >> indicative of a problem, but just getting put up for AFD isn't a > >> problem at all. > > > > Not *at all*? Doesn't it waste everyone's time? > > Well, it uses up people's time, but the alternative is things not > getting deleted that should be, so I don't consider it a waste of > time. > The alternative to proposing things for AFD all the time that shouldn't be deleted is to not delete things that should be? I don't see how that follows. If a system of community prosecution was constantly putting innocent people on trial, would that not be a problem at all? The alternative is to not put criminals in jail, right? On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Charlotte Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On 12/4/08, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tagged, but not deleted? Sounds like the system is working, then. > > To the same extent that a non-fatal runway incursion indicates good > traffic control (read: minimally). > Actually, it's less indicative of the system working, because the sample is naturally skewed towards the articles which are not deleted. I suppose the sample set includes articles which were deleted and then undeleted, although I've even heard those referred to as evidence that the system is working. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
