[WikiEN-l] Undeletion policy

[Alphax]

Tony Sidaway wrote:
> On 9/16/05, JAY JG <jayjg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>VfU is not
>>intended to be "AfD round two"; 
> 
> 
> 
> Oh but it is. That is one of my key points: an argument improperly neglected 
> (for instance, if conditions mentioned in the original nomination have been 
> met--which is grounds for a keep result unless there is some overriding 
> reason to delete, such as a copyright violation). Or say an editor finds 
> that an article has been deleted while he was otherwise occupied, and he 
> raises the necessary undelete quorum. Or perhaps the article was deleted by 
> a consensus on AfD despite the well documented fact that the subject was the 
> President of Mauritania for six months.
> 
> Some AFU participants seem to be deliberately neglecting this function. A 
> validly closed AfD *can* be challenged on AFU. Those who seek to deny a VFU 
> undelete on the sole grounds that the closed AfD was formally valid should 
> be told that their opinions will be ignored as inconsistent with deletion 
> policy.
>

Agreed. VfU is the appeals court of AfD.

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