On 9/13/08, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
There are certainly plenty of cases where the closer doesn't need to be trusted… things like landslide keeps which no one else bothered to speedy close. Effectively the close in those cases are purely procedural ones which require do not require special trusted judgement.
My own thought is that if no one cares, no one cares. Perhaps it's not something that should be generally encouraged, but if someone disagrees they could simply unclose it and leave it to an appointed administrator to deal with it.
From WP:AN: When in doubt, non-admins should not close AfDs unless the consensus is obvious. Wizardman 20:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Why? NonvocalScream (talk) 20:25, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Because there is no desysopping to threaten them with if they screw up (duh... ). — CharlotteWebb 20:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
—C.W.