Wikipedia talk:Deletion review/David Shankbone

tally?

anyone keeping an eye on rough tallies of comments? jus curious :-) Privatemusings (talk) 04:13, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Probably not, since the actual number will have little bearing on how the discussion is closed and subsequently acted upon. The closing admin (if there is one availible. At this point, after seven days, every admin to ever weild a mop at en.wikipedia should have commented here or in the original AFD) will judge an appropriate course of action based upon the strength of the arguements presented in the discussion. The number of people voting one way or another certainly have an influence, but it is usually not the primary influence, in how a discussion like this is closed. If you want to make a count and post it here, feel free, but it is likely to have little effect on the closure; since there is no magic "consensus" number that must exist to determine how the discussion will be closed. --Jayron32 05:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, I was curious, and I counted approximately 48 Overturn and 37 Endorse (~56.5% Overturn). But I invite people to recheck. --Cyclopia^talk 14:43, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

The closing administrator, whoever they may be, will have to take into account those that are simply !voting keep and delete and so forth, and weigh those arguments that are actually relevant to deletion review. The raw numbers might give some idea of the alignment of the mob, but the points about the failure of the integrity of the process here is what is relevant. user:J aka justen (talk) 14:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I know well (and the numbers are not guaranteed at all to be right). I just was curious. --Cyclopia^talk 15:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

As I expected, this DRV is pretty much becoming a No Consensus result, so whatever decision the closing admin makes is likely to draw ire. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 23:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm sure that everyone involved will quietly accept the decision and return immediately to writing and improving NPOV article content. Cla68 (talk) 23:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Call a doctor, I think he's hallucinating! — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 00:37, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Feel free to endorse and delete

I'm going on vacation tomorrow morning and won't be around for a bit. Per this statement on my talk page, feel free to delete or endorse the closure to end the drama. Take care, David Shankbone 01:00, 30 October 2009 (UTC)