[WikiEN-l] I despair

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

I deleted an article on a living individual which led with the
statement that she had been a leader in a disbanded hate group.  The
subject mailed OTRS and stated this was false, and it was unsourced.
The rest of the article was also largely unsourced, or sourced to a
polemical website.

It's been taken to deletion review:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_April_14#.5B.5BMelissa_Guille.5D.5D

It is asserted by several people that we should undelete the article
because the subject is notable and a sourced article could be written.

NO!  FOR GOD'S SAKE, PEOPLE, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!

If someone started a new article on the Dalai Lama that said he eats
babies, we would delete it like a shot.  We would not ''undelete'' it
in order to write a new, sourced article.  That would be pointless and
stupid.

Where is the sense in undeleting an article whose content is of
absolutely no value in creating a sourced neutral article?

I despair.

Guy (JzG)
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