[Wikipedia-l] Deleting pages

[Brion VIBBER]

Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Sunday 21 July 2002 00:52, Brion VIBBER wrote:
>>Pierre Abbat wrote:
>>
>>>What's the proper procedure to determine that a page should be deleted,
>>>and not stubbed or redirected?
>>
>>http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Policy_on_permanent_deletion_of_pages
> 
> That's a policy, not a procedure. Step 1 is that someone votes for a page to 
> be deleted. Then what happens, and in what order? What decisions are made? 
> Can you draw a flowchart, or write an algorithm?

Okay, you asked for it. :)

              +----------------------------------------+
              | Someone votes for a page to be deleted |
              +----------------------------------------+
                                  |
                                  V
           +----------------------------------------------+
           | Someone notices the vote and decides whether |<-----------\
           | they agree that deleting would match policy  |            |
           +----------------------------------------------+            |
            |                   |                       |              |
            V                   V                       V              |
+------------------+ +-------------------+ +------------------------+ |
| Agrees strongly: | | Agrees mildly or  | |Disagrees: posts reason | |
| Deletes the page | |  isn't an admin:  | |  and/or removes from   | |
+------------------+ | post an agreement | |   the delete queue     | |
                      +-------------------+ +------------------------+ |
                                  |                                    |
                                  \------------------------------------/

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)