I don't see the issue here. If you are approached
as an administrator and asked to delete something and given information about why this is
recommended it is clearly a request. To be completely clear, I have been approached about
such a thing in past (i.e. before Mike Godwin). There was no doubt in my mind that I was
expected to use my judgment as an administrator and uphold the trust of my community and
not follow advice I believed to based on grounds the community would dismiss even if they
could not all be given access to the necessary info.
But would you ever dismiss it if it was the foundation's lawyer
telling you there were legal concerns? We all know the law trumps
community policy.