G'day Bryan,
Mark Gallagher wrote:
G'day Dan,
Pure wiki deletion system.
A vandal's paradise.
Vandals can _already_ blank pages. Other people notice the blanking, check what's been blanked in the history, and if they think it was inappropriate they revert it. What would change?
Under "pure wiki deletion system", AIUI, blank pages are effectively no different from deleted pages. At present, an experienced editor coming across a blank page would say "that's funny, we shouldn't have blank pages," and revert, then either put it up for AfD or move on.
If all blank pages are redlinks, then one obvious clue that a page should exist would disappear. How many people would follow a redlink (given the gigantic amount we have on en-WP) just to see if it has any history?