2009/1/12 Philip Sandifer <snowspin...@gmail.com> > > On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:56 PM, David Gerard wrote: > > > Well, not really. If they don't believe a given item can have reliable > > sources - the sort of rabid nutters who brag about deletion tallies on > > their user pages - then they just won't accept anything. I speak here > > from observation of the phenomenon. > > This has been one of the most toxic things I've seen in a long time, > and it's a real problem. In the Threshold debate, I have seen, in all > sincerity, the following. > > 1: The dismissal of a print source as "unverified" > 2: The rejection of a source because of the possibility (with no > evidence) that its author played the game in question. > 3: The rejection of a third source because it allowed games to be > submitted for review (even though it didn't review all games submitted) > > And, most recently, the article has been the subject of a second AfD > where the nominator flatly lies about the sourcing in the article, > asserting that it is sourced to things it isn't, and ignoring sources > it does have. That particular glory can be found here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)_(2nd_nomination) >
Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to have disappeared: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)&oldid=263769784 The edit summary just says "oops". Michel _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l