Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Closing discussions

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was Keep. — xaosflux  Talk 05:33, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Closing discussions


This page is not policy, but it is masquerading as one. This is causing confusion because when content decisions are made on noticeboards, users have been treating WP:AN as an appellate court to WP:FORUMSHOP. I tried to clarify this matter, but I think this information page is simply fraught. It does not represent proper consensus and is fairly inconsistent with many standard practices on Wikipedia. jps (talk) 21:35, 4 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, information pages are a common feature on Wikipedia, this particular one is explicitly referred to in WP:Consensus, and the reason behind the nomination can be found at my talk page: jps thinks a local assessment of consensus should not be challenged by the wider community. The information page does not contradict WP:FORUMSHOP at all. Huon (talk) 22:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination and WP:CREEP. Everything on that page is adequately covered elsewhere, particularly WP:CONS. --Surturz (talk) 23:45, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * That is a little invidious. The only time closing is mentioned at WP:CONS is to link to Closing discussions. &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 13:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, I don't close discussions very often, but, when I do, I always go to this page for guidance. It's very useful.  --В²C ☎ 00:19, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep – very useful in providing nuts & bolts "how to" information. Clearly marked as not policy and clearly provides links to relevant policy and guidance. – S. Rich (talk) 20:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC) As a measure of its usefulness, over 250 pages link to it. 20:39, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Related MfD: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Closure review archive. Cunard (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep as a widely used information page explicitly referred to in WP:Consensus as noted by Huon. Cunard (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep The nom statement is so vague as to be useless--no clear reason for deletion has been expressed. If there are problems, why won't normal editing fix them?  The page has been here since 2008 and seems to me to be consistant with actual practices.  Perhaps I'm missing something? Hobit (talk) 22:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep If this page is "maquerading as policy" then that would mean all information pages are doing that and we should delete them all. We can have that discussion if anybody actually thinks that, but I don't find the nomination compelling. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. This page is about a problem that many of us face from time to time. Having all the information organised in one place is very useful. If it is wrong, don't delete it, have a discussion and fix it! &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 13:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Deleting this page is a terrible idea. Maybe this page should be upgraded to the status of a policy instead.  Robert McClenon (talk) 01:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Closing is widely used in admin noticeboards and users need to know what to do if they want to request or challenge a closure. Burninthruthesky (talk) 16:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep This is an incredibly useful information page. I don't think deleting it is a good idea. Zell Faze (talk) 20:35, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


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