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241:? Yes, it does, and such a discussion will probably be closed very fast. But what happens afterwards? Sadly, in many cases this is it: The "keep"-voters feel that it's the nominator's concern to add those sources to the article. The nominator, on the other hand, thinks that those who presented the sources should and will add them and improve the article. The closing admin assumes that they just had to assess the situation and closes the discussion without making any changes at all. So what happens? The AfD template is removed, the AfD is closed... but the article is left in its sorry state, unsourced and probably still tagged for it. 106: 35: 91: 264:. Every user participating in such a discussion, especially the nominator, the closing admin and the one(s) providing sources, should feel responsible to fix the article once the discussion has closed with a keep-result. Do not hope that 248:. When an article is closed as "merge", it will be tagged as such. But oftentimes no-one feels responsible for doing the merging. So the closing admin will not perform the merge, nor will the users 128:
If this happens, it does harm to the encyclopedia we are trying to build without anyone actually wanting it. People just assume that someone else will do what they realize has to be done.
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge (XXG) contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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Do not assume that someone else will fix a problem. If you see a problem and know how to fix it, do it!
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for it, and when it's over, the article sits unmerged for days, weeks, maybe months.
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When a solution has been presented in a discussion, most notably at
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It is simple: It is not somebody else's problem: it is
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Knowledge (XXG):Knowledge (XXG) is a volunteer service
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Knowledge (XXG):Somebody Else's Problem
essay
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community
Shortcut
WP:SEP

deletion discussions
Somebody Else's Problem
WP:N
reliable sources
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Keeper
03:03, 3 March 2003 (UTC)
SourceFan
03:03, 3 March 2003 (UTC)





GoogleUser
03:03, 3 March 2003 (UTC)
FanBoy
03:03, 3 March 2003 (UTC)
Keepy
01:56, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
SNOW keep
deletion discussions
someone else

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