Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:57:42 -0400 From: "Ron Ritzman" ritzman@gmail.com Subject: [WikiEN-l] Stupid DRV question To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: f72c02ee0704151257y69a790b2k7494ec8eaab19476@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Why are "keep" closes reviewable on DRV? It seems kind of silly since if someone really wants an article deleted, he can AFD it again. (and again and again and again)

Assuming that is not a _rhetorical_ DRV question... the answer is...

So that people can discuss it and try to understand the issues and arrive at consensus, rather than repeating the same actions (and again and again and again).

_Sometimes_ discussions involve a fair-minded exchange of opinions, and result in people convincing other people and/or changing their own minds. Not often, but it's the point of the exercise, and it's very worthwhile when it does occur.

A review is particularly appropriate when the close is not what you'd expect from a simple count of "keeps" and "deletes." For example, if an AfD registers (lets say) four "keeps" and twenty "deletes" but an admin closes it as a "keep," there's some point in finding out why... or in convincing the admin that he ought not to have done it so that he won't do it again.