User talk:64North

Reason for deletion makes new users feel welcome!
Hello 64North,

Sorry if the remarks makes you feel unwelcome, but that is a reality of AfDs: AfDs are not a vote. People can't simply pop in to an AfD, register a vote, and leave. We find plenty of people posting on a board asking its members to vote on an AfD to keep an article. In fact, this happens so often that we have a standard template,, to respond to this. What I am looking for as an AfD closer is general consensus among editors with some experience on Wikipedia, because those are the ones who have a better idea of what's appropriate for Wikipedia. Otherwise, every AfD out there will be littered with the results of people launching yet another appeal to an online board to argue for an article to be kept. If you really want, I'll change the language of my closure (though I personally have a mild dislike of political correctness). I close a fair number of AfDs, so maybe I've become too terse when I close things. I apologise for that. --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC) (P.S. Please forgive the lateness of my reply, as I only check new messages at the bottom of my talk page... I didn't think to look at the top, and only noticed your message by accident)