Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-07-17/Self-deletion

Suggestion

Shouldn't Kimchi's early closing and subsequent reopening of the AfD be mentioned in the story? The article was almost deleted before the "keep" votes started arriving. Casey Abell 14:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Also, Kimchi wasn't the only one to delete it. Tony Sidaway tried as well. (log)

Seth Finkelstein AfD section

Seems OK, thanks. One small quibble, the phrase "not by Finkelstein, although the nominator apparently was a former classmate of his" might be taken to imply some meat-puppetry. -- Seth Finkelstein 14:19, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite so, I didn't want to imply that but struggled with how to incorporate a point I thought at least somewhat relevant. I've now prefaced it instead by saying that you "didn't make or request the nomination", which hopefully will be enough to show that no impropriety is suggested. --Michael Snow 16:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo is notorious?

"With his notoriety increasing ..." would mean that Jimmy Wales is becoming notorious. Should this not be "With his notability increasing"? Incidentally, I nominated my own article for deletion but saw it kept in August 2005. Sam Korn successfully nominated an article about him for deletion a few months before. David | Talk 18:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability tends to get treated as a binary yes/no issue, not something on a measurable scale, so I didn't like the idea of saying that it was increasing. I was trying to find a good word to use, and wasn't keen on "fame" either, and notoriety is not always negative. But I've finally come down on finessing it with a longer phrase. --Michael Snow 18:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD closed

Angela's AfD has now been closed with no consensus, so the article stays. Casey Abell 22:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Michael revised the story while I was typing the note! He's a quick worker (wink). Casey Abell 22:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]