On 10/9/06, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
Think of it as an advanced example of assuming good faith. The company cannot bear for the "advertising value" of "their" article to be diluted. The only way we can accommodate that is to delete it.
And that, of course, is a load of hooey.
-Jeff
We deal with people spamming articles all the time, including companies trying to astroturf, without office involvement or actions which stretch community consensus past the breaking point.
We have probably a million articles on things fewer people know of than this one.
If this were a normal admin, I'd haul out the usual "'Be bold' is too far when a wholebuncha people yell foul at you".