[WikiEN-l] defused timebomb

[Mark Ryan]

On 21/01/07, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just blanked, and deleted
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_people_responsible_for_a_death
>
> We had names of many famous people, stating they were responsible for
> someone else dying.
> ** Not a single reference **
>
> I was told that I should have AFD it instead
>
> The potential for libel was huge, afd was likely to come as no
> consensus or delete.
> Wikimedia can't take the risk of being sued for the sake of process.
>
> So I deleted the entry to hide history, and drop a note stating should
> anybody readd content it must be with references.
>
> Probably many people will complain and ask for my head, just telling
> you people why I did it.
>
> -- drini

Sounds a pretty sensible way to go about it.

~Mark Ryan