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#:For the first question, [[Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions]] says non-admins should only close ''unambiguous keep'' decisions. The simple, but far from elegant, nature of the wiki category system means that many things which would be done in article space by normal editing such as merges, redirects, and moves, need to be listed at CFD. With the exception of a couple of closes when I started, including the one mentioned by Ed, I've generally closed only ''unambiguous'' decisions, whether the result was keep, merge, rename, delete, listify, or something else.
#:For the first question, [[Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions]] says non-admins should only close ''unambiguous keep'' decisions. The simple, but far from elegant, nature of the wiki category system means that many things which would be done in article space by normal editing such as merges, redirects, and moves, need to be listed at CFD. With the exception of a couple of closes when I started, including the one mentioned by Ed, I've generally closed only ''unambiguous'' decisions, whether the result was keep, merge, rename, delete, listify, or something else.
#:For the second question, [[WP:CIV]], [[WP:NPA]], and [[WP:AGF]] are needed to keep this collaborative project running as smoothly as possible and they have apply to everyone. I'm willing to make exceptions in some circumstances, but not for myself. [[User:Angusmclellan|Angus McLellan]] [[User talk:Angusmclellan|(Talk)]] 18:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
#:For the second question, [[WP:CIV]], [[WP:NPA]], and [[WP:AGF]] are needed to keep this collaborative project running as smoothly as possible and they have apply to everyone. I'm willing to make exceptions in some circumstances, but not for myself. [[User:Angusmclellan|Angus McLellan]] [[User talk:Angusmclellan|(Talk)]] 18:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
:''The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|this nomination]] or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.</div>
:''The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|this nomination]] or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.''</div>

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