On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
Rules lawyering is generally taken to mean an excessively strict and pedantic reading of rules often leaning on obscure clauses and interpretations to push a preferred outcome contrary to intuitive sense and the probable intent of the rule.
I'd say that the probable intent of the rule was to allow a small number of very unambiguous, very specific, and very obvious cases, which have been extensively discussed in advance, to be deleted. Speedy deletion is *not* meant to delete everything that's delete-worthy.
Adding another case that hasn't been discussed in advance is an attempt to push it towards deleting anything delete-worthy, which is not what it's for.