good example it has been suggested that consensus is impossible to find when there are too many participants in a discussion this is not the case at afd though as this has a simple binary proposition to delete or not to delete examples of such discussions which had contributors but which still delivered a result include wikipedia articles for deletion susan boyle keep wikipedia articles for deletion steven slater delete wikipedia motivation award thanks for your efforts to motivate good participation in our discussions these can become stale and unproductive if we just hear from the usual suspects and so it is good to encourage others to speak up too