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I chose to step away from closing AfDs for a while, so that I could gain more experience by participating in discussions and watching how proper closures and relistings are done. Now that I went back to AfD closing, I only close/relist discussions after the 7 days, and only if there is a very clear
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My philosophy on
Knowledge (XXG) is that the best way we can learn is from our mistakes. It is my belief that every mistake that a user makes leads to a more skilled and accomplished Wikipedian.
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In May 2024, I closed my first two AfDs as a non-admin closure. Those two AfDs had each 3 keep !votes with no other votes, and had been running for under 24 hours.
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Do you want to learn about some of the mistakes I made, what I implemented to prevent them from happening again and what I learned from them? Check below!
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