Today, aplank deleted a collection of pages on meta.
See http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta%3ADeletion_log
The deletion policy on meta states that pages should stay between 15 to 30 days listed on vfd before being deleted. The long delay time is due to the fact users do not come to meta as often that they come to local wikipedia, so are given more time to react.
Most of the pages perl deleted have been listed for about a week. Others, I added yesterday. And some pages have never been listed at all.
Granted, I think that most of these pages had to be deleted, however, I do not think any of them qualified to speedy deletion, given that most have been on meta for a full year.
In any cases, I think there is a rule, not a very drastic one, but a rule anyway. I think it should be respected.
And the rule state "list article on vfd, and wait between 15 to 30 days";
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On meta, there is another rule which I think is inappropriate. It states "any sysop on any wikipedia shall be sysop automatically upon request on meta". I propose a change of policy, so that a user making a request is at least not opposed by its peers.
Please, give feedback on these two points
* What do we do when sysop do not respect rules on meta ? * Is that ok that any sysop on any wiki is made sysop on meta, without any approval by anyone, or without any chance to express disapproval
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