We should codify against this somewhere. AFAIK, it's still an unwritten rule. But this is the second time a discussion about a significant change has been closed by someone who voted for it (the first being flagged revisions). The first time could be seen as Jimbo's prerogative, but SilkTork, AFAIK, doesn't have a similar power. It's indicative of a problem regarding process.
I should point out I find it funny that the discussion partially about closing AfDs early got closed early itself. Twelve days is a weird number; RfCs themselves tend to go on two to four weeks. Hopefully, though, SNOW should still be accepted, if its users use it diligently; not willy-nilly. 2009/4/11 Risker <risker...@gmail.com> > Oh, and discussion closed by someone who participated. Just as an aside. > > Risker > > 2009/4/11 George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com> > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Ron Ritzman <ritz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:18 PM, doc <doc.wikipe...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > > > Al Tally wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Ron Ritzman <ritz...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Proposal_to_change_the_length_of_deletion_discussions_to_7_days > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> I wonder when the plan to inform the community was? It might seem > like > > a > > > >> minor change, but it's a significant one. AFD/VFD has been 5 days > > since, > > > >> what, when it was created? It's a fairly entrenched system. > Pointless > > in > > > my > > > >> view to extend by 2 days. People will simply not remember what > they've > > > been > > > >> practising for years. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Wow. Where was this advertised? I missed it. > > > > > > > > AdD really does seem a law unto itself. Is 45 people supporting this > > > > change really enough? > > > > > > The same can be asked for any proposed policy change. Considering the > > > current size of the project I don't think it's possible to involve > > > enough of the community in any such discussion no matter how it's > > > announced. Remember the spoiler thing a few years ago? Most editors > > > had no clue about the change until spoiler tags were being mass AWBed > > > out of articles. > > > > > > Pointers on AN? The policies part of the village pump? > > > > If it was there and I missed it, my bad. If there wasn't anything > there... > > > > > > -- > > -george william herbert > > george.herb...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l