On 6/20/07, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Anthony wrote:
[[Wikipedia_talk:Spoiler]]
Is it really fair to delete 45000 spoiler warnings and claim that the failure to undelete them is "consensus"? (Especially when it turns out there actually were hundreds restored, but they kept getting deleted anyway)
No, absolutely not, just as it isn't fair to add 45000 spoiler warnings and claim that the failure to delete them is "consensus".
The spoiler warnings were added individually, by people creating articles and specifically deciding where a spoiler warning goes in that article. The spoiler warnings were deleted en masse by one or two people using automation software without reading the articles they were in.
You don't see any difference between these two activities?
I think you're mischaracterizing the activities. I for one have been removing spoiler warnings whenever I come across them for well over a year.