On 5/17/07, David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
That however encourages canvassing, and groups protecting unworthy articles, or even attacking things that group dislikes. People should judge carefully enough to be able to say why it's stupid. ~~~~
True, but in some cases, it's overdone to throw out the "They're voting!" phrase. It was pretty clear from the WP:SPOIL MfD that most people were against it. If people are challenged in their statements, sure, they should be able to back them up with a reason. The problem will eventually happen when some troll dislikes a given set of opinions, and then sets himself to challenging them all, to make it look like any who don't return to defend their points aren't valid. Not saying any 'closing' types are that stupid, but it's the appearance of poisoning their "!vote" I suppose.