On Wed, 2 May 2007, Fred Bauder wrote:
I don't recall any official stance. It was the
responsible thing to delete it and oversight it, however. While this particular instance
is not terribly risky due to its widespread distribution, there can be very serious legal
liabilities. When one of our anonymous editors posts a bond sufficient to cover likely
damages, I'll back down.
This is ridiculous. By your reasoning, any admin could delete any article out
of process at any time for "legal reasons", regardless of whether
Wikipedia's lawyer, or any lawyer, has been consulted. People, we *have* a
process for deleting articles that are legally questionable. It's called
[[WP:OFFICE]]. Out of process speedy deletion is not it.