This bit of exchange happened at the end of a longer email but I wanted to feature it more prominently in case other people had the misunderstanding that I have somehow "wiped out months of work".
The removal of two redirects does not amount to wiping out months of work.
Steve wrote:
Well, with respect, the WP:ATT situation presents a pretty strong case for solving some of these problems urgently. Wiping out months of work is a big price to pay for "moving forward usefully".
I don't think any work was wiped out at all! At the present time the only change from yesterday at this time is that WP:V and WP:NOR do not redirect to sections in WP:ATT, but instead declare themselves to be merely explanatory whereas WP:ATT is canonical.
Therefore, with respect to the situation yesterday, there has only be a slight editorial change.
--Jimbo