Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 February 5

Smokingroove – Non-admin close vacated; reclosed as delete. In future however please consult with the AFD closer before listing at DRV. – Stifle (talk) 09:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

It appears that this non-admin closure was done without much digging. BluntWorthy manipulated this argument to appear that there was more support to keep it than there actually was. S/he posted "keep" twice, arguing the same thing, in addition to bludgeoning the argument. Furthermore, an IP editor who also said "Keep" has never edited anything outside of the AfD, and argued the same thing BluntWorthy did, leading me to believe that they are the same person. This leaves two users thinking the article should be maintained, and five (including the nominator) thinking it should be deleted. I think this closure was a mistake, and that the article needs to be relisted to achieve a consensus without inflation by a single user. Sock (~~tock~~ talk) 16:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Overturn or Relist a poor non-admin close giving no explanation as to the conclusion, this seems at best a no-consensus outcome.--86.2.216.5 (talk) 19:14, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Overturn to "no consensus" or even "delete". The arguments for keeping the article were very weak, from "they are notable on Facebook" through to "they have played many festivals". Please! The only keep opinion of any real value was from Cunard though he could only produce one instance of coverage in a reliable source, obviously short of the "multiple sources" standard required by WP:N. But at least it's policy-based. The obvious sock-puppetry should absolutely have been taken into account; if nothing else, the multiple !votes from two different editors should have been disregarded. Looks like a drive-by vote-count close and not a very good one at that. St★lwart¹¹¹ 07:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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