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{{deletion essay|WP:SENIORITY}}
[[File:King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra - Wedding -1863.jpg|thumb|right|150px|On Wikipedia, no editors are given tiaras or fancy ceremonial tassels. Not editors with tens or hundreds of thousands of edits. Not even Administrators.]]
{{nutshell|This page is an essay encouraging editors to not necessarily give greater weight in discussions just because one user is a Wikipedia
Sometimes in [[WP:AFD|articles for deletion]] (AfD) discussions, one editor's argument may be given more weight over another simply because one has more edits on Wikipedia or one may even be a Wikipedia
At the time this essay was created, the original author [[User:Paulmcdonald]] submitted this:
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Don't let anything like "seniority", edit counts, or Wikipedia status of an editor (awards, Barnstars, years of experience) sway your opinion. If the "experienced" editor has information why they hold a certain position in a discussion, they should be able to convey that experience and argument in a way that other editors can make their own judgement based on that experience, and on the merits of that .
In other words, provide details for the experience and explain your argument, don't just respond with "Because I'm an
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