[WikiEN-l] Cyde should not have violated Deletion policy (Johntex)

[John Tex]

Today, User Cyde improperly closed a AfD that had been listed for less than
a day.  He voted to Keep it and then he closed it Keep even though the
majority of votes were for deletion.

Deletion Policy states "If a clear consensus for non-deletion is quickly
reached, discussion may be closed before the end of the typical period, for
example, a clear consensus for speedy deletion, a clear consensus for a
speedy keep, or a consensus for a redirect. The debate should remain
transcluded on the appropriate deletion page. *If the proposed solution has
not achieved a very clear consensus, the listing should remain for the full
five-day period. Any substantial debate, regardless of how lopsided the
keep/delete count may be, implies that an early closing would be a bad idea.
* [76]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Early_closure>(emphasis
mine)

In this case, discussion was ongoing and the AfD should not have been
closed. Cyde had even voted on the AfD prior to closing it. He was not a
neutral party and he should not have closed this AfD even after the normal
time period, let alone close it prematurely.

Johntex