On 2/23/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I don't spend much time at DRV, what's the policy for DRVs that have no consensus? This one is looking like a fairly even split. Common sense would seem (to me) to be that consensus to endorse is required for speedy deletions, otherwise they get undeleted, and consensus to undelete is required for AfDs, otherwise they stay deleted. In other words, this article should probably end up being undeleted. Is that how it works, or is there precedent for something else?
Good question. A recent DRV of one of the Rachel Marsden articles -- I speedied it in accordance with an ArbCom ruling, which allowed speedy deletion if an admin felt there were BLP issues -- had a majority in favor of keeping it deleted, but an admin undeleted it anyway, then moved it to AfD, arguing that there had to be a consensus in favor of the deletion, not just a majority.
The policy seems to imply this is the case with all deletions, not just speedies, which means that DRV has basically become pointless, assuming I've understood it correctly.
Sarah