David Goodman wrote: > I would support making it a requirement before taking any article to > AfD on the basis of lack of references to first make a bona fide > appropriate search for them, and to say so--this is already > recommended at [[WP:BEFORE]] > [[WP:BEFORE]] seems to need some work, at least from the angle you are arguing. As well as admonitions, perhaps a dedicated page could contain things like: a basic checklist before taking an article to AfD; topic-based sketches of minimal search-engine checks to find some references; and perhaps a flow diagram breaking down the major decisions before putting anything up for deletion.
Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
