[WikiEN-l] Here's an interesting one

[David Gerard]

Rob wrote:

>If someone disagrees with a deletion result, then lists it on DRV, this is
>generally (with the exception of vanity self-promoters, trolls, and the
>like) accepted as a good faith effort to improve the encyclopedia.
>If someone disagrees with a keep result, then lists it on DRV, this is seen
>by many as an "abuse of process" and an effort to "get the result he
>wanted".
>It seems that if one type of result can be reviewed and possibly overturned,
>what's wrong with reviewing another type of result?  What's the difference?


The difference is that keeping and deleting are not symmetrical. It' s
like innocent until proven guilty - it's *supposed* to be keep unless
deletable. So the first is appealing a "guilty", the second is double
jeopardy.


- d.