mfd [[Image:Wob4.gif]] at the same time



1) most obviously, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground
        "war on" doesn't seem appropriate


2) The language that has, and continues to be used, is not the tone that we prefer to have in AfD...

    (where did Jimbo talk about this?  on the mailing list somewhere?

        - at one point, we discussed blanking AfD's, but I guess we changed robots.txt instead: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4776
                which happened on January 26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-02-06/Technology_report (but still no word of the discussion)
                [[Wikipedia:Courtesy blanking]], AHAA!
                and it links to the enwiki talk, AHAHAHAHAHA!  http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-January/thread.html#37246
                    

        - I guess the discussion was formalized at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#AfD_etiquette
    )

    While efforts have been made to keep it civil, participants 
            http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Timecop/The_war_on_blogs&diff=92158409&oldid=92157576


    Final links to use:
        [[WP:CIVIL]] [[WP:AGF]]
        http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-January/thread.html#37246
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#AfD_etiquette


3) Previous MfD's have established the fact that we prefer to form groups of people who are willing
    to improve and discuss topics generally, rather tham forming a voting bloc, or forming groups of
    people who wish to push a subject one way or ther other.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pseudoscience#What_this_WikiProject_is_not
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Catholic_Alliance_of_wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anti-war#Goals




            counter-examples:
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/GRider/Schoolwatch

            perhipheral links:
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Inappropriate_projects



4) The attitude found there goes against our culture

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility




==== Alternatives ====

- participants could make sure