User:Collect/XfD

It has come to my attention that some do not understand my philipophy on XfDs:

In a very large number of XfDs. I have !voted Keep roughly 70% of the time, Delete about 15%, and Other about 15% of the time.

Of those on which I opined Keep, about 75% have been Kept.

Of those I opined Delete, about 60% have been deleted.

I tend to be careful about Notability and the like in mainspace. Mainspoace is the encyclopedia, and is where we ought to be careful about what is presented to readers.

I tend to be lenient in userspace, regarding it as the equivalent of a dorm room in a college. While some would go door-to-door making sure that hot plates are confiscated, and posters are removed from walls (Niedermeyerizing), I tend to feel that dorm rooms represent the personality of the occupant, and insisting that only college-approved decor be allowed is not productive to getting more students (editors) active in a project. More than a quarter-century online has given me a bit of perspective on how to keep users, and how to drive them away.

I also tend not to opine on XfDs where either there is already a strong consensus with which I agree, or where I have not enough information to make any reasoned statement. You will not find me writing "agree with xxxxx" as a reason for a position.