[WikiEN-l] Improve AFD - require rationales (2-step process)

Mon Dec 12 23:17:33 UTC 2005

Ryan Delaney wrote:

> The RFC *was* fuckheaded, but there might have been a point somewhere in the
> nonsense.  That admins can execute as much discretionary power when it comes
> to what "consensus" means in an AFD is worrisome; it implies that the
> closing admin can alter the result of the vote substantially according to
> whatever arbitrary view he or she might have on deletion.  Tony doesn't
> think this is a problem, because (I get the impression-- please correct me
> if I'm wrong here) that he's happy that he can close AFDs with an inflated
> standard for consensus, because he wants more articles to be kept.
> Whatever you think about the question of whether more articles need to be
> kept,

No, this is a misrepresentation of what happened. He was RFCed for
following the actual deletion policy.

- d.