Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Finnerty (2nd nomination)
Hmm.  I'm not sure against whom I'm being accused of harboring a personal bias.  You?  Mr. Finnerty?  I'm sure each of you is a fine individual, and I don't know either of you, nor know enough ''about'' either of you to have any basis whatsoever for harboring a personal bias against either of you.  I know nothing of Mr. Finnerty, and my impression of you is that you're a perfectly reasonable and intelligent person exercising genuine good faith, and with whom I just happen to have an honest difference of opinion on this matter.  No big deal.  And I also do express my opinion merely on a "whim".  But I would agree that your dissatisfaction seems to be with the whole AfD process, as it is structured, more than anything else.   is ''not'' defined as a policy.  It is a guideline. By definition, it is intended to be used as a guide, but also to be tempered by editors' judgment with the full expectation that there will be exceptions, and that when the resepctive judgments of different editors about those guidelines conflict with one another, it is consensus that will decide which way carries the day.  That is why, with regard to the "bargain", I said at the outset that as far as ''I'' was concerned, I'd want to see more sources than just ''The Press of Atlantic City'' &mdash; that was and is my judgment.   are the only things firm around here.  Everthing else is flexible ''by design''.  I am generally guided by .  In general, my AfD opinions will fall along  lines.  But neither I, nor anyone else, is absolutely ''bound'' by it when declaring an AfD opinion. And I ''especially'' will not be bound by it when I know full well that, as I mentioned above, there is a strong and frequently expressed editorial sentiment (that a single local newspaper is not ''always'' enough) coming from many others beside myself, even if that sentiment hasn't been expressly codified in the guideline.  I'd suggest (and I mean suggest respectfully, not antagonistically) that if you're already convinced that ''despite'' the fact that the strict letter of  is more aligned with your position than ours, you ''still'' expect the majority of editors to vote to delete, perhaps that is a sign that at some level, even you yourself have sensed that that sentiment ''is'' the general consensus of Wikipedia editors, even though it hasn't been codified of 
— User:Mwelch, 07:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:FIVE||WP:BIO||WP:BIO||WP:BIO||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)