[WikiEN-l] Why changing the deletion process is a bad idea

Tue Sep 13 15:35:00 UTC 2005

On 9/13/05 6:53 AM, "Kelly Martin" <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also think that there's a case to be made for bold undeletes,
> disregarding any so-called consensus that might have arised on
> VFD/AFD, when the "consensus" is clearly wrong.  In my opinion, an
> admin can ignore AFD "consensus" when following it would harm the
> encyclopedia.

So would that mean that admins could invoke [[WP:IAR] to ignore a "keep"
consensus if, in their opinion, following it would harm the encyclopedia? Or
does this [[WP:BOLD]] action only apply when it fits with your personal POV?

-FCYTravis