On 11/19/05, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa(a)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