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.