Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:57:42 -0400
From: "Ron Ritzman" <ritzman(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Stupid DRV question
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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.