On 02/05/07, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
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.
I believe (a) that's process over product (b) your views are
completely at odds with the way things actually work, and you should
consider that maybe that's not horrifying.
- d.