[WikiEN-l] Deletions and double jeopardy

[Ron Ritzman]

On 1/9/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, no, no! This is the 4th time I'm tearing my hair out over a deletion
> debate.

I know that this doesn't apply in the case of a "notice board" but has
a "double jeopardy" system for AFD ever been considered? Since normal
deletions are based on consensus and consensus changes it shouldn't be
absolute but it could be useful for certain kinds of deletions.

Notability is a good example. It would work like this. Someone doesn't
think that "Joe Bloggshmoe" is notable and nominates his article for
deletion and the consensus is " strong keep". The AFD discussion is
then closed "with prejudice" which means that the article can never
again be AFDed for "lack of notability". (but could be deleted for
other reasons) This would make sense since "notable" people and
subjects don't just one day magically stop being notable.

Such a system would keep editors from continually having to defend
their articles in AFD and give them more time to improve them.