On 8/8/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
You are correct...but only in general. A lot of people interpret "The closing admin should only interpret consensus, never override it" as "Count the votes and shut up."
Admins are expected to look at strength of argument, applicable policies and guidelines, and the like, and weight accordingly.
This is just my opinion but I think a closing admin should, for normal issues such as "notability"[1], be able to set aside an AFD consensus if he feels the umm, "voters" didn't properly consider policy but only if it's a "delete" consensus just as judges in US jury trials can set aside only "guilty" verdicts. A "bad" article kept can always be renominated later.
1. Deletions for issues such as privacy, copyright, and some BLP concerns should be an exception.