I think it was generally agreed that this debate was going at
cross-purposes, with me arguing from a page point of view and others
from a content point of view.
I am, however, intrigued you brought this up again after three weeks! ;=)
Sam
On 12/11/05, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Sam Korn wrote:
On 11/20/05, Ryan Delaney
<ryan.delaney(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A merge vote means "merge the content
elsewhere and then create a
redirect". Someone who votes merge doesn't want the page deleted,
they want the content merged elsewhere. It's important to understand
this, because if we copy content and then delete the original article,
we are violating the GFDL by failing to preserve the edit history.
Instead, we merge content and create a redirect.
Consequently, there is no need for the closing administrator to count
"merge" as anything but a keep vote. Someone who votes merge wants the
article kept, because the article must be kept in order to merge the
content and comply with the GFDL.
Ryan
How do you know that they want the article kept?
Because of the requirements of the GFDL, like I explained.
Ryan
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