On 3 Jun 2007 at 01:26:28 +0100, "Tony Sidaway" tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
Let's just get this straight: does anybody claim that these pages are necessary to the encyclopedia?
That seems to be the line of argument that people like to use these days every time they're out to suppress something (userboxes, "attack site" links, Esperanza, BJAODN, etc.), and can't come up with a good substantive argument about why it needs to be eliminated regardless of what anybody else thinks about it. Framing the argument in terms favorable to your side is a major step towards winning it; those in favor of eliminating something would generally prefer it to be argued in terms of "Is there any purpose in having it?", while the other side would be better with "Is there any purpose in suppressing it?"