On 6/13/12, Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org wrote:
If instead of saying "what do we think of PR people editing Wikipedia?" we said "under what circumstances should administrators act on the requests of PR people?", I think we might have a way out of the conundrum.
One small correction there. Administrators hold no special position with regards to editing. All editors in good standing with a good grasp of policies and guidelines and how to edit can help answer such questions (such as questions or suggestions placed on the talk page of an article, as is one suggested approach). Administrators are only needed when you have deletions or undeletions taking place, and that isn't always the case (though I realise you were referring to that in your example).
Not that the public at large really get the distinction, though.
Carcharoth