Andrew Turvey wrote: >> ----- "Surreptitiousness" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Since prods can be undeleted by any admin without any >>> kerfuffle, I can't see the harm in allowing a second bite at prod. >>> Have we discussed amending PROD to allow second bites? >> >> I think sometimes people forget that we have over 100,000 active >> editors, only just over 1,500 of whom are admins - less than 2%. >> Non-admins can't even see deleted articles let alone restore them or >> discuss them. That's the "harm" of allowing re-proding of contested >> deletions - it excludes most of the community from the discussion. >> >> Andrew
I agree, up to a point. Requests for undeletion of PROD'ded articles to admins in my experience are treated with courtesy, and some are userfied to deal with the reasons for CSD/PROD. If they then don't make it, fair enough, but in my experience those requesting undeletion/userfication are those who created the article in the first place, or a different editor with a perhaps better information to hand to establish notability. However, many inexperienced editors create articles without a full understanding of [[WP:GNG]] and its specialist project-based criteria; PROD, like CSD is a little of a blunt instrument, but you'd think a week should be long enough to alert article creators, and interested parties, to react accordingly. I would agree. however, that PROD, once declined, should trigger AFD, because there is obviously a debate to be had, and we cannot reply upon eternal vigilance or even substantial commitment from volunteers, and that includes admins. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
