I am at a loss for why Hhkohh would non-admin close this TFD with no-consensus. I totally understand that TfD is NOT a vote, but the discussion had 4 !Votes for delete. The only person who !voted to keep, then commented saying that they agreed the template should be deleted and re-purposed as an emoji wrapper. A number of this user's WP:NAC are highly suspect in my opinion. They are relatively new and inexperienced with the process. I would argue that per WP:NACEXP this user should not be closing ANY TFD discussions.
Overturn. Absolutely blatant supervote, given that not a single person was actually supporting keeping it (the only person supporting keeping it changed his mind later on and just neglected to strike out the earlier comment). Given the closing comment ofHope this template will be used in some articles, to be frank I'm more inclined to block the closer for intentional disruption since this is patently not only a supervote but a bad-faith supervote. ‑ Iridescent21:22, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Premature? – The nom asked the closer to unclose on the closer's talk page, but the closer hasn't edited since that post was made, and the nom has posted a DRV anyway without waiting for a response. Shouldn't we wait to see if the closer will just agree to unclose before going forward with a DRV? Levivich21:27, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Levivich, although the instructions are to wait until the closer has had a chance to comment before coming to DRV, given that in this case the close was so clearly in bad faith I don't see a problem with skipping that step. This is essentially an issue of intentional disruption rather than a typical disputed close. ‑ Iridescent21:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Iridescent: To be clear, I'm overturn on this, and it's a NAC close that can be unclosed by any admin, right? I'm just saying this doesn't need DRV. This needs the closer to self-revert, or barring that, an admin to "assist" the closer with self-reverting. Levivich21:37, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
In light of the (ahem) 'heated' background here, this is something of a special case, and while I technically can unilaterally overturn the close it should probably wait for further input just in case there's anyone who does feel the close was proper. It's unlikely, but otherwise we'd probably end up having the same discussion for a third time but this time at ANI with every crank and crackpot trying to say their piece. ‑ Iridescent21:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Overturn. The consensus was clearly for deletion. No one, in the end, argued to keep it but me (the only person it's ever been used toward), and my comment was rather "ILIKEIT"; I think the template's funny. I also argued that low use of an "editorial communication" template for userspace, rather than a "practical utility" template for mainspace or project space, didn't seem like powerful rationale. But that objection isn't a powerful one either. Despite me getting a laugh out of the template, the overwhelming majority of respondents thought the template inappropriate to keep, for arguably legit WP:CIVIL reasons. It didn't offend me personally, but I can buy their arguments that it has high potential to offend, especially in a WP:BITE situation. To the extent one could do so in a DRV, I'm inclined to rescind my own keep on this. My argument that its use toward me might inspire broader use of the template ends up being an argument against it from the civil side, even if it's a keep argument from the not-used-enough side. As for bad faith: I think it's likely that the closer didn't mean "Hope this template will be used in some Wikipedia articles" but "... in some [comments at] Signpost articles", expressing some fairly common (and heated) community displeasure at the publication's editorial choices of late. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 21:59, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Premature, but overturn If you look at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 February 28, the page where this debate took place, you'll find 130 nominations, about 90 of them by Zackmann08. You'll also find 106 NACs by Hhkohh. I suggest to Iridescent that looking at the closes, you'll find that Hhkohh made reasonable calls in almost every case. They did make a mistake here, but errare humanum est and 1 error in 106 closes doesn't seem to me to be so bad as to deserve a block or ban from closing. On the other hand, perseverare autem diabolicum, and out of the 90-odd nominations by Zackmann08, 4 were declined as 'keep' and 2 others were sort-of "withdrawn" by Zackmann08, not to mention their attempt to re-open the closed TfD debate themselves. That's a much worse strike rate than Hhkohh's. By the same logic, perhaps we should also be considering giving Zackmann08 a break from TfD nominations – and particularly from trying to be the arbiter of decisions to close when they are also the nominator? --RexxS (talk) 22:59, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
1/106 (0.94%) is a good error rate, and while 6/90 (6.7%) is seven times higher, it also seems like a good error rate. Levivich23:23, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yep. A 93.3% success rate in any XfD is remarkable, unless you're doing something like trying to "pad your stats" by hunting down things to XfD that are nearly guaranteed to be deleted. Anyone who brings edges cases to XfDs, to help determine where the edge lies, is going to have a much lower success rate, but will also be acting in good faith and sensibly. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 09:36, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Closer comment I am okay with overturning but please readFeel to userfy it for Legoktm if you still believe it should be deleted. as I said while closing TfD and Lego comment in TfD Hhkohh (talk) 01:36, 9 March 2019 (UTC)Hhkohh (talk) 01:59, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Overturn per SMcCandlish. If the only person who !voted to keep (and the only person it has ever been used on wants it overturned, and the closer is OK with overturning, that's pretty much a slam dunk. Would it be possible within the rules for deletion reviews to do what Kusma suggested late in the TfD, which is to delete and then re-purpose it as 🤮? --Guy Macon (talk) 02:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Once it's deleted, anyone is free to re-purpose the title for pretty much anything within reason. If it's done in good faith, I doubt anyone will object. --RexxS (talk) 02:41, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]