[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Afd "votes" with no real reasons given

Fri Sep 16 12:06:49 UTC 2005

On 9/16/05, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "Ryan Delaney" <ryan.delaney at gmail.com> wrote
> in message news:eecbb0630509152024421173d4 at mail.gmail.com...
> 
> > You don't just discard their votes without comment.
> 
> >From whence do you gain the impression that Tony "discards" those votes? 
> My
> take on his comment was that he felt more satisfaction closing a 
> discussion
> which appeared more "informed", rather than having his conclusion 
> affected.
> 
> 
This was my original meaning. However I take issue with the apparent 
implication that an Afd closer must give equal weight to all expressions of 
opinion.

I generally take such expressions into account where the numbers seem to be 
close to my personal comfort zones on consensus/no consensus, but in the 
extreme case one edit that says "delete, this is a hoax documented at X" or 
"keep, this fellow was President of Venezuela from 1976-1980, as documented 
at Y, and I have edited the article to include this referenced fact" 
outweighs any number of "delete, non-notable Miami beach bum" votes.