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.
* [76]<
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.
Johntex
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