Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgments About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are in Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They Are Deletionists

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Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgements About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are In Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They are Deletionist

I, Ashibaka, hereby establish the Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgements About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are In Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They are Deletionist (AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD).

The motto of the AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD is Est generatim difficilis judicare meritum quisdam rei includato in encyclopaedia cum non certe ratione scire qui capit populum, sed aliqui rei nihilominus non sunt apti prae encyclopaedia, which translates to, "it is generally difficult to judge the worthiness of a particular topic for inclusion in an encyclopedia considering that there is no certain way to know what interests people, but some topics nevertheless are not fit for an encyclopedia." This motto reflects the desire of these Wikipedians to be reluctant, but not entirely unwilling, to remove articles from Wikipedia.

Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But that's not how it used to be

Membership is not limited. All you have to do to become a member is list your name here. If you feel like expressing your wishy-washy feelings, you can do so at /Blurbs.

The current General Secretary is Everyone. All members are the Secretary, so nominations are unnecessary. Matters that concern the AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD as a group necessitate a vote.

Goals

I have always felt that these should be everyone's common goals:

  1. Judge not, lest ye be judged.
  2. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
  3. Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Template

Keeping up to date with the latest news in the Wikipolitical world, I have discovered the existence of w:Template:Inclusionist. I would not want our movement to be left out of this new and exciting realm of template-making, so therefore I have created w:Template:AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD. I encourage, but do not command, our members to use this interesting-looking template on their user pages. Good day! Ashibaka 19:21, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The template has been speedy-deleted without reason! I encourage members of this society to comment at w:Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion. Thryduulf 20:11, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Members

  • Oh look, here's my name again. Ashibaka 00:55, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • ‣ᓛᖁ♀ᑐ 03:52, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC) - hahaha...
  • BrokenSegue 01:58, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)- why not?
  • Gtrmp 02:20, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Thanks Ashibaka for providing a "middle ground". Objective Researcher 05:11, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Who cares what the goals are, the name alone is cool enough to make me want to join! Jnc 16:51, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • I disagree with proposed "common goals." Adraeus 13:47, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • I support my local AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD representative. Plus, I'm now a member of everything but the Deletionist and Apathetic associations, so I'm bound to get lots of new friends. Wheee! (^_^) JRM 14:47, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Exactly what I'm looking for. Evil Monkey
  • --CiaraBeth 17:52, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) Yay! Finally found somewhere I fit.
  • I think I also signed up to be an inclusionist, or at least considered it. I hope that doesn't disqualify me. TUF-KAT 22:06, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Tatteredpaper | (talk) Very Nice.
  • I don't join nothing -- count me in! -Rholton 05:55, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Any club have me as a member, etc... --Ben Brockert < 04:16, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Anything this wishy-washy is inherently worthy. IMeowbot 18:01, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Yup. Oven Fresh 21:01, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • \Mike 20:20, 2005 Jan 25 (UTC) yeah, this is so me :)
  • Definitely me. Too deletionist to be an inclusionist. Too inclusionist to be a deletionist. Too insane to be sane. --Deathphoenix 06:25, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Exactly my feelings! Simonfairfax 19:30, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Aurea mediocritas. —Charles P. 19:26, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • This looks like it includes my general POV about stuff. Alphax 02:17, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC
  • Ah, a club for me! Bratsche 03:14, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Ah, yes. This firs me just fine. Can I get the motto on a bumper sticker? – ClockworkSoul 18:06, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • The partylike wrangling over deletionism scares me. Really, who bloody cares if someone's a deletionist or an inclusionist. →Iñgólemo← talk 07:42, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • And to think it took me almost half a year to find this...and it's another edit...hooray.

217.9.49.2 13:04, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Boffy b 21:45, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC) For great justice!
  • After a great deal of consideration, I feel this association is the place for me. Thryduulf 10:21, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • As above. TAS 10:49, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Ditto. E=MC^2 E=MC^2
  • Sounds good to me. Revived 16:59, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • How can I pass up membership in a group with such a great name? It even describes my thinking somewhat. DaveTheRed 01:26, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is weird and odd. I don't really join but half-way join. 24.33.244.93 04:44, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yay, a club for me! Firestorm 19:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Voting for General Secretary

  • I, Ashibaka, vote for Ashibaka.
    • As do I. ‣ᓛᖁ♀ᑐ 03:54, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Here Here for Ashibaka Objective Researcher 05:06, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • I was being sarcastic, everyone should vote for themselves. :)
  • I vote for everyone and no one. [[User:BrokenSegue|BrokenSegue]] 01:58, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Neutral -- I dislike making broad judgements about the worthiness of a general secretary. --Tysto 04:43, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I think no-one has been doing a good job recently. Vote for "no one".
  • I move to strike the votes for General Secretary and renominate Ashibaka for Admiral Secretary. <>Who?¿? 11:43, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Motion Tabled

  • As General Secretary, I note that a motion has been seconded to strike all votes for General Secretary (everyone (incumbent): 5*; Ashibaka: 3; noone:2*); and to nominate Ashibaka for "Lord High Admiral of the Fleet". Blockinblox 15:47, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(*Includes one joint vote for "everyone and noone")

Voting on this motion closes in 24 hrs.

Those in favour:
Opposed:
Abstentions: General Secretary Jones
  • Voting on this motion is now closed and it is not carried. Votes for everyone (incumbent) as General Secretary remain in place, and are still the majority. General Secretary Blockinblox 22:36, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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