Admittedly, it is a controversial topic, & this article probably won't find a form acceptible to everyone for a long time -- but no one has suggested that we wipe the slate clean for the Israel & Palestine-related articles, & we have tolerated the flamewars there.
Geoff
I can't say I care that much. US politics is surely too much covered on WP (but not in terms of its importance); i.e. turgidity rules.
Yes, there should be more on Kant. Let's have it, please. (I can claim to have started the [[neo-kantianism]] article, not that I have the slightest expertise).
The only real way to deal with the phenomenon of 'bloat', I think, is not to change any basic rules - that ought to be resisted, policy should not be driven by the hard cases. Tough edit followed by 'respite' protection of a month, I'd support.
Charles