On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:18 PM, doc <doc.wikipe...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Al Tally wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Ron Ritzman <ritz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Proposal_to_change_the_length_of_deletion_discussions_to_7_days >>> >> >> I wonder when the plan to inform the community was? It might seem like a >> minor change, but it's a significant one. AFD/VFD has been 5 days since, >> what, when it was created? It's a fairly entrenched system. Pointless in my >> view to extend by 2 days. People will simply not remember what they've been >> practising for years. >> > > Wow. Where was this advertised? I missed it. > > AdD really does seem a law unto itself. Is 45 people supporting this > change really enough?
The same can be asked for any proposed policy change. Considering the current size of the project I don't think it's possible to involve enough of the community in any such discussion no matter how it's announced. Remember the spoiler thing a few years ago? Most editors had no clue about the change until spoiler tags were being mass AWBed out of articles. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
