User talk:Remes

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[edit] Vfd on R.E. Lee Deville

(From User Talk:Joy Stovall)

I'm a little concerned (but only a little) about your decision to close debate on the VfD for R.E. Lee DeVille and delete the page. Since the page in question had been entirely rewritten, there had been only one vote at all, a weak delete. The deletion was only four days after the page had been completely rewritten. Now, as I wrote on the page, I was still unsure whether the page should exist on the grounds of notability, even after I rewrote it. But all the previous votes for deletion had been on the basis of vandalism or a related charge, which didn't apply anymore.

Anyway, I don't mind that much, but I am wondering if there's a policy (in general, or that you use when closing debates) for these sorts of situations. Because of the way VfD works, we were unlikely to get many more votes in one direction or another, and yet it seems troubling to delete it with essentially one vote on the table. -- Remes 17:22, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your note. I don't believe there's a general policy for situations like that. My own personal idea is that if someone votes on a discussion, that puts it on their watchlist, so they would notice any further votes or notices about rewrites. Thus, if someone wanted to strikethrough his old vote and change it, it would have been done. On the other hand, I see your point about the deletion having happened soon after the re-write. While no one came back to say "keep," no one came back to say "keep deleted." If you believe that the article should be restored, you can nominate it at the "votes for undeletion" page. That will ensure that people are looking at your rewrite, rather than the original "article." Joyous 17:44, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

I have put your rewritten article on R.E. Lee Deville back on the vfd page. You have written it well, but I have doubts about the notability. Sjakkalle 08:49, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)