[WikiEN-l] Non administrators closing deletion debates

[Christiano Moreschi]

I even have a lovely little script in my monobook that does everything for me - all I have to do is write the closing rationale.

And Charlotte is completely correct about admins and CSD....

CM

Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.

> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:05:21 -0500
> From: charlottethewebb at gmail.com
> To: andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk; wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Non administrators closing deletion debates
> 
> On 9/16/08, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A few years ago, what would happen was they'd close it, tag the
> > article as a speedy-deletion candidate, and mark it as "per the
> > deletion discussion [here]", or something similar. This was sort of
> > frowned on, but simply because it meant an extra step - the deleting
> > admin had to check the discussion was indeed a fair close.
> 
> Maybe in theory but in practice, half the admins watching CSD will
> swing at anything without examination or comment.
> 
> > Mind you, I'm not entirely sure how to close a deletion debate
> > *properly* - I've been an admin three years and never closed one. :-)
> 
> Far from rocket science, you should try it.
> 
> —C.W.
> 
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