Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC Reviewer permission

The participants were not asked any further questions about this permission (such as who can request it and how they do so), these questions will need to be resolved later on. Below is a summary of the primary arguments as they stood out to me, it is certainly not a complete summary of all the reasons presented in the request for comment.

• The majority of the support arguments focused on the need to have experienced users checking to ensure that draft articles meet content policies and guidelines. Some supporters referred to instances of inexperienced users accepting articles, moving them into mainspace to be subsequently deleted, in some cases speedily deleted. Supporters also suggested that there have been times when submissions may have 'slipped through the net' and exist in mainspace (whether with maintanence tags or not seen at all), when they ought to have been declined and redrafted.
• It provides an opportunity for hat collecting. This argument was countered with the suggestion that admins already face this is other areas [at WP:PERM] and are able to filter out the hat collectors.
• Other reasons for oppose votes included that a requestable permission introduces unneeded and unwarranted bureaucracy, makes it harder for submissions by IP users and others who want someone to look at their article before it does live, and that it provides a hoop for editors to jump through in an already backlogged area which may discourage editors from helping out and reviewing submissions.