[WikiEN-l] Stupid DRV question

[Daniel P. B. Smith]

> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:57:42 -0400
> From: "Ron Ritzman" <ritzman at gmail.com>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Stupid DRV question
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> Why are "keep" closes reviewable on DRV? It seems kind of silly since
> if someone really wants an article deleted, he can AFD it again. (and
> again and again and again)

Assuming that is not a _rhetorical_ DRV question... the answer is...

So that people can discuss it and try to understand the issues and  
arrive at consensus, rather than repeating the same actions (and  
again and again and again).

_Sometimes_ discussions involve a fair-minded exchange of opinions,  
and result in people convincing other people and/or changing their  
own minds. Not often, but it's the point of the exercise, and it's  
very worthwhile when it does occur.

A review is particularly appropriate when the close is not what you'd  
expect from a simple count of "keeps" and "deletes." For example, if  
an AfD registers (lets say) four "keeps" and twenty "deletes" but an  
admin closes it as a "keep," there's some point in finding out why...  
or in convincing the admin that he ought not to have done it so that  
he won't do it again.