Ed Poor wrote
There are two
reasons I don't do anything, once an
article makes its way
to VfD:
1. The matter will be decided by a vote.
2. The vote will ignore what I do to fix the
article.
As Eloquence once said on my talk page, "keep in mind
that, while 'Votes for deletion' has votes in the
title, it is not a formal vote."
I've explained in the past on [[Wikipedia
talk:Deletion policy]] that there is far more to VfD
than votes. Actions such as the article being
rewritten obviously need to be taken into account by
the sysop making the decision as to whether to delete
an article. Often "votes" made prior to the rewriting
will need to be discounted. If you feel there are
sysops who are making deletion decisions without
taking this into account, you need to address this
with them, but I haven't seen any evidence of this
happening. Rewritten articles are generally removed
from VfD fairly soon after they have been rewritten.
Angela.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela/Deletion
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