Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 June 21

21 June 2020

Lady A – Resolved. (Closing my own nomination; anybody who thinks that there are still things to be said is free to reopen the thread.) Sandstein 15:49, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it.

This redirect discussion was improperly closed by a non-administrator (WP:BADNAC) and should be reopened.

The non-admin closer, Captain Galaxy, should not have closed the discussion because they appear to have relatively little experience and because the closure was likely to be controversial. There is no basis in policy or procedure for the speedy "procedural closure" undertaken here. The argument that the discussion should be deferred because of an ongoing page move discussion is one that can be made in the RfD, as one other editor did, but it is no basis for a speedy closure.

At any rate, the argument is mistaken: As the other editor in the RfD recognized, the move discussion appears almost certain to not end with the page being moved. There is therefore no reason to defer the RfD. Sandstein 13:03, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sandstein: My apologise to you for any inconvenience this may of caused. You'll be happy to know I have reopened the discussion. This is a mistake that I hope not to cause again. Hopefully we can work together on better terms in the future. Captain Galaxy (talk) 13:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Galaxy, thanks, and my apologies for not contacting you beforehand. I was under the impression that our instruction recommended contacting only closing administrators before opening a DRV, but I now see that they have been changed to refer to any closer. Sandstein 15:45, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it.