Ray Saintonge stated for the record:
Maybe anyone who has been around for at least a year should feel free to remove anything from the VfD without having to run the gauntlet.
Maybe we should, but we would still encounter violent opposition. I've been around almost since the beginning (user number 30, if I recall correctly), yet criticisms of VfD -- and even jokes about VfD -- are eagerly adopted as personal attacks by RickK. I don't know what he would do if someone actually removed something without his approval.