Pierre Abbat wrote:

On Sunday 21 July 2002 00:52, Brion VIBBER wrote:

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Pierre Abbat wrote:

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What's the proper procedure to determine that a page should be deleted, and not stubbed or redirected?

http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Policy_on_permanent_deletion_of_pages

That's a policy, not a procedure. Step 1 is that someone votes for a page to be deleted. Then what happens, and in what order? What decisions are made? Can you draw a flowchart, or write an algorithm?

Okay, you asked for it. :)

+----------------------------------------+ | Someone votes for a page to be deleted | +----------------------------------------+ | V +----------------------------------------------+ | Someone notices the vote and decides whether |<-----------\ | they agree that deleting would match policy | | +----------------------------------------------+ | | | | | V V V | +------------------+ +-------------------+ +------------------------+ | | Agrees strongly: | | Agrees mildly or | |Disagrees: posts reason | | | Deletes the page | | isn't an admin: | | and/or removes from | | +------------------+ | post an agreement | | the delete queue | | +-------------------+ +------------------------+ | | | ------------------------------------/

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)