From: Keith Old keithold@gmail.com

When I improve articles on AfD, which is a regular occurrence, I leave notes on the discussion noting the changes and people regularly change their votes. If the vote us running heavily for deletion, I drop a note on the voters page letting them know that I have improved the article.

There hasn't been a case yet where the vote hasn't changed significantly. AfD voters are reasonable people and will reconsider their vote if presented with new information. You just have to tell them that the article has been improved..

This has been my experience to date. To the best of my recollection EVERY article I have improved during an AfD/VfD has been kept.

For a recent example, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ Hanukkah_bush

(the FIRST discussion; scroll down to "Closed discussion from 5 September nomination of Hanukkah bush"). (The rewritten article was renominated for deletion by someone whom I believe to be pushing a POV and kept again).

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