What was the AFD?
On 5/4/06, John Tex johntexster@gmail.com wrote:
Today, User Cyde improperly closed a AfD that had been listed for less than a day. He voted to Keep it and then he closed it Keep even though the majority of votes were for deletion.
Deletion Policy states "If a clear consensus for non-deletion is quickly reached, discussion may be closed before the end of the typical period, for example, a clear consensus for speedy deletion, a clear consensus for a speedy keep, or a consensus for a redirect. The debate should remain transcluded on the appropriate deletion page. *If the proposed solution has not achieved a very clear consensus, the listing should remain for the full five-day period. Any substantial debate, regardless of how lopsided the keep/delete count may be, implies that an early closing would be a bad idea.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Early_closure
(emphasis
mine)
In this case, discussion was ongoing and the AfD should not have been closed. Cyde had even voted on the AfD prior to closing it. He was not a neutral party and he should not have closed this AfD even after the normal time period, let alone close it prematurely.
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