User:Unfocused



Unfocused: a Wikipedia user who is


 * 1) a semi-professional photographer.
 * 2) showing symptoms of undiagnosed ADD.

Liberal to Flaming Liberal?
With this edit, I think I've officially gone from "Liberal" to "Flaming Liberal". I welcome comments on my talk page.

Regarding Anonymous Posting
I had been posting anonymously because I feel it is more in keeping with the nature of Wikipedia: edits stand or fall on their own merits and the quality of the sources cited, rather than on the reputation of the poster.

For a while I posted using my account, but I've found it ultimately far less satisfying and have returned to anonymous editing.

Problems With VfD
I think I've figured out why some VfD are bothering me.
 * 1) The text of the VfD notice posted on the article page is hostile to new users.
 * 2) Rapid VfD is hostile to new users.  New users who put up a simple starting page are being threatened to have their work deleted just as they first see their efforts displayed on screen.
 * 3) VfD is being used as a cleanup tag.  I don't have a problem with that per se, but the VfD notice text should be changed if this is a legitimate use.
 * 4) VfD is being used as an "delete and recreate from scratch" decree.  VfD should be applied only where an article has NO PLACE in Wikipedia.  If a poor article has a place in Wikipedia, it should be cleaned up, or edited down to a bare stub, rather than eliminated.  Leaving a stub acknowledges the utility of the article.

Tolerance before VfD
Jimbo Wales's comment re: tolerance of trivial articles on VfD This comment is especially relevant to an encyclopedia that never runs out of paper.