On 6/16/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/16/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
The other day I got reverted for removing a speedy tag from a good article (the thing was tagged as vanity, which is not a reason for deletion). That's not the good bit. The good bit is: I removed it again, and got reverted by a completely different user, and was told that nobody may remove speedy tags, but must use {{hangon}} until a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Speedy deletions]] has been concluded.
Fwiw, in those situations, if I remove it again, I would tend to replace it with a comment like <!-- according to [[WP:FOO]] vanity is not a reason to speedy. Consider {{prod}} or {{afd}} instead? -->
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In those situations, I would prod it if it warranted being deleted in my opinion. If it is something that might be worth keeping based on my decision, I would remove the tag and discuss why on the talk page. I would suggest putting it before Articles for deletion if they still wanted to put up an argument.
It is at the discretion of the admin to decide where an article meets the criteria for speedy deletion. When it doesn't, he or she has the option of prodding it, listing it at articles for deletion or keeping an article and explaining why on the talk page.
This afternoon Australian time, an article on MacRobertson's chocolates who were Australia's leading confectioners in the early part of last century was nominated for speedy deletion on the grounds that the article didn't assert notability as a group. I kept it, cleaned it up a bit and renamed it because I knew it was article and the article while it needed (and needs) work established its notabilty. Speedy deletion requires the admin to exercise thought not merely hit the delete button.
Regards
Keith Old
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