[WikiEN-l] Old VFD-type discussions on talk sub-pages

[Bryan Derksen]

Phil Boswell wrote:

>I have just discovered that a bunch of these have been obliterated as an 
>unfortunate side-effect of an entirely right-minded drive to delete orphan 
>talk pages.
>  
>
Why are orphan talk pages being deleted in the first place? I can't see 
any good reason to do that, myself, and plenty of good reasons _not_ to.