Not really. Page blanking is counted as simple vandalism, suitable for use of rollback. We really mustn't lose sight of the fact that this is the only instance thus far presented where page blanking without summaries by a new account with no other edits was anything other than vandalism. Is it really so hard for a new user to find out how to correct a problem, contact the office, attract attention or in some other way fix the issue? It may be that it is.

WP:BLP suggests that not only is this not the first case, but in fact "...when the individual involved is not especially notable, such edits _usually are not vandalism_ but rather an effort by the subject of the article to remove biased or inaccurate material...."

Even for non-BLP, instead of {{subst:test1}}, I often start with something like:

== [[Name of article]] == Is there a problem with the article? ~~~~

Regards, Dan