[WikiEN-l] WP:AFD and public relations

[geni]

On 1/27/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Matt R wrote:
>
> >Doesn't seem overly "spikey" to me, unless I've missed further debate
> >elsewhere. Why exactly do these Wikipedians need to "cool it"? As AfD goes, it
> >seems pretty harmless. I'm sorry, but I don't really think it's constructive to
> >shout and swear at Wikipedians based on what appears to be an unconvincing
> >example of us treating outsiders badly.
>
>
> Whether he's overreacting or not is actually not so relevant. When we
> piss off people with an audience, they will tend to say so to their
> audience. Is this something to be avoided if possible?
>
>   [  ] yes
>   [  ] no
>
> Feel free to stay in self-righteous denial about a PR nightmare.
>
>
> - d.

Is there any reasonable way of deleting article's that will never
result in pissing of the author or subject of the article?

 [  ] yes
 [  ] no

If not what level of pissing off is acceptable and what is the
optimium cost benifit point.
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geni