(09-26-2021, 04:08 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Holy freaking crap. I spend half my weekend shopping and playing City of Heroes instead of reading the forums and this blows up behind my back. And there's so much of it now that I can't just absorb it all and give an off-the-cuff response that I can trust as being appropriate.
Rob, I apologize for not responding to your requests for help. I've had my own personal plans and priorities to address, as random as my edits may seem at times, but I'll see what I can do to help.
Lulz, I'll repeat what I said on the wiki. In general, works don't get deleted unless they're fake. This wasn't my proclamation, I should note. Four years ago I proposed deleting the page for a work that no longer existed and could no longer be found -- I forget which it was at this late date -- and the rest of the staff said "no", for the very reasons I echoed to you. I created the MIA template in response to that incident. Just... relax on proposing deletions. And if you've found something you're certain really does need it, add the delete template to the page and start a discussion about why on its talk page. Because I have to admit Rob isn't the only one who has recently developed a perception of you as having an itchy trigger finger for deletes.
That's a fair response. I think I just have a real aversion to pages I think only existed as long as it was connected to a random TVT user's involvement with that subject; if that makes sense; which is why my deletion proposals only usually apply to fan works and roleplay groups and the like (I've never proposed deletion on Films, TV shows, Video Games etc that weren't fake). I think I am also more cynical than the rest of you on viability for these works to be still existing somewhere. I saw them as part of the debris that the fork gave us. Since what you were mentioning 4 years ago I have tried to always get consensus first.
I've never had an issue being outvoted in a deletion proposal. I hope any future discussion naturally doesn't get to what you just had to walk into.