On 10/9/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
I think that a significant amount of the confusion here has to do with it being a little unclear whether this was intended as a WP:OFFICE act. It was done under Danny's normal account, with no reference to WP:OFFICE, so I think it is safe to assume this was Danny acting in his capacity and a long standing and widely respected editor exercising editorial judgment in a manner consistent with our longstanding policies of being bold.
No. The guideline is "be bold in updating articles". It doesn't really apply to admin actions.