On 11/19/05, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
People who vote to merge are implicitly acknowledging that the information must be kept. A merge can be undone by any editor, resulting in the status quo ante. It follows that a merge is a keep by another name. it's merely an editing operation and one that can be (and sometimes is) performed by a non-admin editor after an AfD close.
That is still putting things into people's mouths. If someone wants a keep, let them say so. It is a sad reflection of the inclusionist/deletionist debate that each "side" considers a merge vote "theirs".
-- Sam