Wikipedia:What votes should mean
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Votes are used in many facets of Wikipedia, RFC's, RFA's, and many others, although it is often mentioned that the point of these votes isn't to win, but to build consensus, some do not follow with this.
Types of Votes
editThere are three main types of votes, these are:
Delete/Oppose
editThose that tend to vote delete or oppose are not bad Wikipedians based only on the fact they tend to vote that way, usually they just things are either not worth keeping around if it would merely be deleted later on, or feel that things are good the way they are (Respectively.) These are further broken down.
Strong Oppose
editHow it shouldn't be used
editIt shouldn't be used in any of the following circumstances: 1. "I really like this editor, so I'm gonna give it a strong support." 2. "If I say strong support, maybe no one will challenge my decision, because I dont want to read it, and/or have to defend it."
How it should be used
editIt should be used when one feels that keeping around the article, or else passing the reform would be detrimental to Wikipedia as a whole, they should be able to explain their arguments and reasoning well, and nothing short of a devastating refutation of the central point should change their mind.