[WikiEN-l] Votes for undeletion

Thu Sep 15 19:55:14 UTC 2005

It has come to my notice that, contrary to undeletion policy, there is a 
fashion on Votes for Undeletion for citing "Valid AfD" (shorthand for 
"validly closed debate on Articles for Deletion"). The citation of the 
undeletion policy had apparently also been edited to remove reference to the 
possibility of petitioning for undeletion on the grounds that a valid 
argument had been ignored.

Since Undeletion Policy is an official policy which all editors are expected 
to follow, I have replaced the inaccurate description of the purpose of the 
page, quoting the undeletion policy.

If there is a consensus to change official Wikipedia policy, this should be 
determined by discussion widely advertised and with broad participation; 
unfortunately this little corner of Wikipedia seems to harbor editors with 
other ideas. If undeletion policy doesn't suit them, they just ignore it.