For my part, I don't think removing the rules over deletion and letting admins do whatever they want (subject to review and reversal, of course, and if some admin goes around deleting articles like [[George Bush]], reprimand and loss of admin powers) is such a bad thing that trying it for a week would be a mistake. In fact, if you combined this with allowing users to see the content of those deleted articles, I actually think it'd be the best solution.
Anthony
AFD holds people accountable for their action and asks what the community actually wants. While I'd love more freedom in deleting obvious crap, I think it should be based on policy rather than some freedom.
I'm sure we'd get at least some accusations of abuse of admin powers of people who feel their opinion wasn't heard when something not specifically falling in policy gets deleted. Admins should have a recourse if they're not sure.
Mgm