On 10/27/06, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
Tagging an article with {{delete}} isn't asking- it's telling a user to fuck off.
Going to their talk page, asking, and waiting a day is asking them to do things. Slapping an article with {{delete}} is being aggressive, hostile, and bitey.
The person in question did go to the users talk page.
You're ascribing a lot of emotions (aggressive, hostile, and bitey) to someone you've never spoken with.