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QZ Deletion dispute (talk · contribs · logs)

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Statement of the dispute

The deletion of Qian Zhijun does not reflect our policies, and there is no consensus for deletion, nor any policy that requires deletion. Furthermore, the deletion of the article is of the result of numerous wheel wars, assumptions of bad faith by users involved in the dispute, and an inability of involved administrators to allow a consensus to be formed.

Desired outcome

Specific admins and users held accountable for wheel warring tactics.
The allowance of a consensus to be reached regarding the article (per the first DRV, there is not currently a valid AfD to point to)
Specific users held accountable for their incivility during the discussions

Description

On 4 May, Qian Zhijun, an article about a Chinese person who became famous for the web meme his appearance inspired and he himself cultivated, was nominated for deletion. After the requisite five day period, the discussion was closed as delete by Daniel (talk · contribs) (known at the time by his sig as Daniel Bryant, has changed his name in the period since), but later re-opened by Bryant following an appeal. Drini (talk · contribs) closed the discussion again not too long after as delete, citing that the meme might be notable, but the kid isn't. This was appealed at deletion review on 13 May, and eventually overturned by Xoloz (talk · contribs) on the grounds that the subject met all the relevant policies (having multiple reliable sources, the cornerstone of inclusion - one user put the rate of sourcing at 1.7 refs/sentence), and relisted the article on AfD. This discussion was quickly responded to by a number of people before being closed by thebainer (talk · contribs) less than an hour after the relisting. I then nominated it for deletion review following an appeal to thebainer which was declined. This is where the issues began, over the course of around 24 hours:

Speedily closed by JzG (talk · contribs), I reverted.
Speedily closed by Doc glasgow (talk · contribs), I reverted.
Speedily closed by Drini.
New review by DESiegel (talk · contribs).
Removed as "silly" by Tony Sidaway (talk · contribs), not even closed. Reversed by DESiegel.
Speedily closed by Doc glasgow ("not twice in one day"), reversed by Matthew (talk · contribs).
Closed by Mbimmler (talk · contribs) ("properly closed DRV"), Reverted by The Evil Spartan (talk · contribs).
Closed by JzG, reverted by The Evil Spartan.
Speedy closed by Jc37 (talk · contribs), later reversed as an error.
Speedily closed by Mbimmler (talk · contribs) ("due to consensus"), reverted by Prolog (talk · contribs).
Speedy closed by Viridae (talk · contribs), AfD opened.
AfD closed by Nick (talk · contribs) four hours later, citing the alleged previous consensus.
Viridae (talk · contribs) reopened the AfD, which was then re-closed by Doc glasgow. The page was then deleted by Phil Sandifer (talk · contribs) with the summary "This is deleted. No restorations. No full course AfDs. No process or politics. Human decency. BLP. The end," all points very much under debate and discussion.
I attempt to bring this situation to ArbCom, declined as premature because an RfC has let to occur.
I attempt to try DRV one last time, closed by JzG with the closing summary of "trolling"

The discussion spilled over to a number of project pages, talk pages, and userpages. It's emblematic of the general situation the project is currently encountering regarding the actual role of deletion review, the ability of administrators to use their abilities to shut down useful discussion, and the inability to have a consistent, clear appeals process, without even getting into the specifics of user conduct, which is highlighted by the numerous case of incivility and lack of good faith toward contributors on both sides of the debate, as evidenced by commentary below mine.

There was no process problem with the first AfD or the first DRV. The first AfD was properly closed on process grounds, but the first DRV properly noted that there were issues with the result. The article has yet to get a fair re-hearing per the last proper DRV.

There are many things that should be looked at here - the role of deletion review, the ability for administrators to accurately interpret discussions, whether a group of editors can choose to willfully ignore the policies laid out by a wider consensus by the greater community, the application of WP:BLP in regards to subjects who participate in their own fame, and the closing of discussions early, perhaps relevant to Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Daniel Brandt deletion wheel war. This is about behavior, about process, about mechanisms, and about content, no matter what anyone else would like to frame it as.

The list of people above are simply people who were involved in the closing/unclosing/deleting/undeleting that I found - anyone extra can be added as they wish. I'd imagine ArbCom can sort that out during the proceedings, but at no point and I saying some of the involved parties are more "guilty" than others. --badlydrawnjeff talk 22:29, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Evidence of disputed behavior

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Too many diffs to list, so I will use entire discussions where applicable.

Applicable policies and guidelines

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Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute

See links above regarding the ArbCom case, the discussions at AN/I, and there are plenty of talk page links, including but not limited to the following: ( )

Users certifying the basis for this dispute

{Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute}

badlydrawnjeff talk 22:29, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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