User talk:John254
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[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anya Kamenetz
Hi John. You closed out an AfD on Anya Kamenetz i started where only two people had written in and less than five days had passed. i do not think we had consensus yet and i had also hoped to receive suggestions in light of a revised proposal i had offered. was it premature to close this AfD? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antiselfpromotion (talk • contribs) 00:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- The closure of this AFD discussion was proper, as two established users supported the retention of this article, and no users besides yourself supported its deletion. Furthermore, the citations provided by Captain-tucker provided compelling evidence that one of Anya Kamenetz's books has been the subject of significant coverage in many reliable sources, thereby establishing a presumption of its notability (and, by extension, the notability of Anya Kamenetz herself) pursuant to our general notability guideline. The timing of the closure was correct, as the AFD discussion was initiated on June 4, 2008, and closed on June 9, 2008, approximately five days later. The exact hour at which the discussion was closed today would almost certainly not have affected the outcome. Moreover, I strongly disagree with your recent edit to : the tenor of the reviews described in Wikipedia articles is not determined by giving "equal time" to favorable and unfavorable treatments, but rather by describing all available reviews, or, where this would prove excessively long-winded, giving space to critical reactions in accordance with the percentage of qualified experts who endorse them (please see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view). If a book has received generally favorable reviews, we may properly describe more positive than negative reviews. Additionally, it is permissible to include a few external links to websites maintained by Anya Kamenetz, in our biography of her. Your unilateral reopening of an AFD nomination with which no one but yourself agrees is inappropriate -- if you disagree with this AFD closure, please raise the matter at deletion review. John254 01:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- sorry, i did not know deletion review was an option for articles closed prematurely as keep. i will list for deletion review. ~ Antiselfpromotion (talk) 01:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Famous army stores
Just a friendly note on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Famous army stores. While you closed the discussion itself, you did not finish the closure by removing the AfD template from the article and adding the correct template to the article's talk page. If you're going to close AfD's, please remember to do all the steps -- new editors can be seriously confused if they see an AfD template on an article and think they should be commenting on a closed discussion. Thanks!--Fabrictramp | talk to me 16:54, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
