[WikiEN-l] Re: Criteria for deletion (was: Afd "votes" with no real reasons given)

[Michael Snow]

David Gerard wrote:

>Ed Poor wrote:
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>>Can users simply:
>>(1) Tag any article as "unmergeable" for a five-day period, to
>>(2) Force a vote on whether it should be kept or deleted?
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>You are quite correct. I've removed ", merge" from [[template:vfd]].
>Whoever put it there was on crack.
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Thanks for doing that. I was a little surprised today when I discovered 
that my attempt to boldly forge a compromise over a disputed deletion, 
by merging [[Harry Potter trolling]] to [[Internet troll]], got reverted 
- fortunately, in a polite and professional manner - on the grounds that 
this kind of resolution is not allowed while the discussion is underway.

--Michael Snow