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

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What was the AFD?

On 5/4/06, John Tex <johntexster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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