On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/1/21 Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com>:
<snip> >> silent mass deletions are now an acceptable admin tactic. > > That bit's not ideal, I'd think they should be listed first. Perhaps a > {{BLP-prod}}, where someone has a few days to put the references in. > OR THE ARTICLE DIES. I'm not going to say much in this thread (I'm in the group that's been asked to arbitrate this dispute), but I would urge a list be made of where discussion is taking place on-wiki about process related to this, and for people to help form a workable consensus there. I would add that one part of the problem is bagging and tagging these BLPs when they are created. If someone can demonstrate that BLPs currently being created are getting enough attention, that would ensure that things are reasonably under control from that end (the BLPs that have been unsourced for years are technically a backlog - the ones being created now should also be dealt with, otherwise the problem grows again). The lessons from the past are that if you turn away for even a few months from situations like this, the creation of new articles returns you to square one. Overall, a discussion on whether Wikipedia has the volunteer resources to maintain articles of a certain type to a minimum standard, is needed. Plus whether technical measures (flagged revisions) will help that or not. Another part of the problem is that some of these discussions have been had before, and some people are assuming everyone knows the stats and figures involved. Pointers to summaries are helpful. There is one here: http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20080415/the-biographies-of-living-people-problem/ We also have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:User_essays_on_BLP Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l