Thread:Sir Areis Lionheart/@comment-4332975-20130908071900

Okay, so one of our users told me you asked them to add the 48 Hours to Deletion category to any bad and clichéd pastas they saw. I don't really have a problem with that in principle, but it did lead to a situation where I was chastising someone for doing something they had been asked to do, since that's usually a "just us admins" kind of deal. Also, it leads to an issue where either every 48HtD has to be reinvestigated before being carried out, or we are essentially just taking people's word for it. I do think regular user involvement is important, though. Especially since the current system for dealing with problem pages for everyone is either posting on a random admin's wall and hoping it gets noticed, or hanging out in chat until one of us shows up.

I'd like to suggest we repurpose the "Pending Review" category for this. Originally, I made the page because there were a few stories that personally I found objectionable, but didn't feel confident could be said to really be violating the rules. I thought it would be useful to have a place where we could poll our fellow admins about any tough decisions we have to make. However, the way things work around here, there isn't really a clear hierarchy and most decisions are made as spot judgement calls by whoever happens to see a page. The PR page has seen exactly one page assigned to it, which was subsequently summarily deleted by the first other admin to weigh in on the matter. So it's not really a useful category as it stands...

I think it could be useful as a way for anyone else to flag things that they want us to look at, though. The name would clearly identify that an admin has been asked to weigh in on the content of the page. Unlike "Marked for Deletion" or the trollpasta categories, though, it wouldn't be passing judgement or "troll calling" on the page. I think that's important, as far as getting the community to be respectful of everyone, even the "bad" members.

Thoughts? 