User talk:Alphax/20051026-01

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[edit] AFD voting

Can you kindly explain why you keep voting "Delete NN", even when this doesn't make any sense (eg. untranslated pages)? Alphax ^τεχ 02:05, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Without knowing which articles you are referring, I would say that I thought the article in question was not notable, or would be not notable if it were translated. I would say that is my most common, but certainly not my only vote comment. Please let me know which vote(s) you are talking about, and I will explain. --Rogerd 03:10, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[1], [2] and [3] - blanket voting is stupid and unproductive. Alphax ^τεχ 05:48, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, I suppose I should have said something original, but had agreed with the previous comments and I felt that those articles were "not notable" with respect to an english language encyclopedia. I don't know what you mean by "blanket voting", but thank you for calling me "stupid". --Rogerd 00:21, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

No, I didn't call you stupid, just the voting pattern you're following. I call it stupid because:

1. It doesn't add anything to the discussion
2. In the examples I gave, it doesn't make sense
3. There are no notability criteria.

By "blanket voting", I mean "voting the same way without reason". It comes very close to making a point. Alphax ^τεχ 06:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, I had my reason, but you apparently just didn't like it. First you call me "stupid and unproductive", and now you say that I "disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point". Please, explain to me, and since I am so "stupid", don't use big words, how am I disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point? Gee, we are only talking about a couple of votes on some non-controversial AfDs. What are you going to do now, have me blocked for vandalism? --Rogerd 01:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Please, read it again - I said "blanket voting is stupid and unproductive". I didn't say "you are being stupid and unproductive". You're not the only one who does this. Yes, lots of crap goes through AFD. Some of it really shouldn't deserve much more than "delete, non-notable". We have a criteria for dealing with these as fast and as painlessly as possible. We also have two criteria for foreign language and transwikied stuff. We might as well use them. Alphax ^τεχ 02:09, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

BTW, I supported your your RfA. Look at support vote #21. Was I being "stupid and unproductive" then? You're welcome --Rogerd 01:24, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

So you obviously understand my concerns... well, thanks anyway, but unless people's attitudes towards the whole un/deletion process change, we're still going to have a crappy encyclopedia, lots of people's time wasted, and stupid petty arguments like this one. If I still had a wikistress meter it would have just gone up a notch. Sorry for being such a moron. You're right, voting for me was stupid and unproductive. I should have left permanantly instead of for only 4 days. Alphax ^τεχ 02:09, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

I think we can close this discussion now and both of us calm down. Good day! --Rogerd 03:01, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Gladly and likewise. Alphax ^τεχ 05:22, 29 October 2005 (UTC)