Wikipedia talk:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15
Post-move discussion for St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ) edit
User:Gnangarra your closing comments baffle me. Perhaps that is what you meant by "idiocracy", you meant that RfD is ruled by idiots? And the statement in the closing remarks of "lack of [[WP:AGF]", I can't see anything but good faith edits here except the premature closure. Thanks for insulting good-faith editors, I hope you enjoyed it. Si Trew (talk) 14:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
- @SimonTrew: after visiting the location the original article title St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ) (this is the way its referred to on heritage register) was the QRcode link, when the redirect was deleted the link broke, I restore the 2 links noting that one of them was linked externally to an outreach project and that it would take time to check. Yet it was renominated without first discussing it with me directly this whole discussion was unnecessary. I noted that I would take time off work to go check the links out and I did that, i also noted that it cost me to do this both in lost time and actual costs for the trip. the response was a very pointy tough your a volunteer you chose to do this wheres the AGF on that?. The process and the way its been handled has lacked WP:AGF in my reasonings for restoring i noted I would clean up the redirects when I had confirmed the correct one, given the way this discussion has taken place there is no point in the plaque remaining in place because some other editor will no doubt decide again that the redirect had no value and delete it yet again breaking the link and we'll be back here. Finally it gets suggest that maybe the article should note that its a qrpedia link, this article did the redirect did on the talk page but niether was taken any notice of. Most individuals did act reasonably some didnt but the simplest outcome is to remove the plaque and incur the costs to replace it. That replacement wont happen because the standard naming for buildings has always been building(dab) not building, dab and this isnt the only building by that name in Toodyay so even where it sits now after 2 moves still isnt appropriate but thats a discussion for elsewhere. Welcome to the Idiocracy, where the process matters more than the cost to the volunteers. Gnangarra 14:55, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
So you closed it witht your rationale "given idiocracy of the discussion and the lack of WP:AGF the decision was taken to delete both redirects and remove the QRpedia plaque because this discussion will only be repeated again" with this edit. The decision was taken by you'. Not by anyone else. There's a discussion open and nobody had made a decision, except you. So don't hide behind an impersonal pronoun, you made that decision and you are accountable for it. I am fed up with this business of using the passive tense to masquerade that somehow it is a community decision when it is anything other. You prematurely closed the discussion and deleted the redirects, without consensus, on the grounds that it will "only be repeated again". Despite the tautology ("repeated again"), I am not sure how you have a WP:CRYSTALBALL to know that it will be repeated, once or again. I would imagine if the discussion were left open and ran to the usual WP:CONSENSUS then it may not be "repeated again", but I'm just assuming good faith there. Si Trew (talk) 15:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
- Gnangarra, thank you for the real-world legwork you put in for the project here. I sincerely do appreciate that and the dedication it shows. But I must agree with Simon's criticism of the tone of your close. That's not the sort of conduct I want to see from any editor, let alone an admin, let alone one closing a discussion. Please don't denigrate other editors like that. --BDD (talk) 21:29, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
- agree broadly with that, and that such an experienced admin ought to know not to close a discussion they participated in or to delete items they have been discussing. This is not ok. Beeblebrox (talk)
- @Gnangarra: in response to my suggestion about a template on the redirect page saying "this page is the target of a QR code, please don't delete it" you said here that "the talk pages were tagged ... we arent allowed to put such comments on the article page itself", which is similar to your comment at WT:WA#St John the Baptist Church. As I clarified at WT:WA#St John the Baptist Church my proposal was a template on the redirect page, not the article page, as we already do for {{R from move}}. Is there a policy or discussion (and if so, where) that says "we arent allowed to put such comments" on the redirect page?
- Does anyone else there is merit in a such a template, and perhaps a note in WP:RFD#KEEP saying something like "if the redirect is target of a QR code, add the template {{this-redirect-is-QR-code-target}} to the redirect page (not the redirect's talk page)". Mitch Ames (talk) 23:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I have reworded the tone of my closing comment, it wasnt intended as a reflection on individuals but rather the absolutely unnecessary process as I have always stated the restoration of the two redirects was a temporary measure until I had had the opportunity to do the necessary leg work after which I'd cleanup the redirects and have now done. Its always been totally implausible for both redirects to be linked from the QRcode, it was only ever a matter of checking which one if any was necessary. Gnangarra 23:52, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
The barcode edit
@Gnangarra: So... what target does the QR code actually link to? Deryck C. 11:21, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Steel1943's response edit
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