[WikiEN-l] Re: Improving articles during AfD

Thu Oct 13 21:59:28 UTC 2005

From: Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com>
>
> When I improve articles on AfD, which is a regular occurrence, I  
> leave notes
> on the discussion noting the changes and people regularly change their
> votes. If the vote us running heavily for deletion, I drop a note  
> on the
> voters page letting them know that I have improved the article.
>
> There hasn't been a case yet where the vote hasn't changed  
> significantly.
> AfD voters are reasonable people and will reconsider their vote if  
> presented
> with new information. You just have to tell them that the article  
> has been
> improved..
>

     This has been my experience to date. To the best of my  
recollection EVERY
     article I have improved during an AfD/VfD has been kept.

     For a recent example, see:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ 
Hanukkah_bush

     (the FIRST discussion; scroll down to "Closed discussion from 5  
September
     nomination of Hanukkah bush").
     (The rewritten article was renominated for deletion by someone  
whom I believe
     to be pushing a POV and kept again).

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