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