Anyway, I think it is fair to say that there is some vandalism or let us say abuse of their position by some sysops. I would suggest that if you are not one of those responsible there is no need to take offense; and if you are perhaps an examination of your motives is appropriate.
Well, I don't know where I fall, but since my name seems to be one of those coming up in the debates - examining my motives doesn't change them. My motive is that there are some articles that in my opinion are worse than no article, and I keep with that opinion.
My point is, that unless you can justify it and are prepared to make a record of what you have done and why that you leave other peoples work alone unless you are engaged in improving it.
But we ARE justifying and we ARE not just prepared to make a record, the record is actually being made. Have you ever even looked at [[Wikipedia:Deletion log]]? You'll find EVERY deletion of the past three weeks there, with the justification given.
I find returning to Wikipedia and finding articles deleted (and unrecoverable) quite unpleasant.
And I find coming to Wikipedia and seeing an article called "Bronx Zoo" with as its text "the zoo in the bronx" quite unpleasant.
Andre Engels