[WikiEN-l] Courtesy blankings (again)

[Wily D]

On 9/20/07, Adrian <aldebaer at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if it's just my own twisted perception, but it appears courtesy
> blankings are on a steep rise. I know this has been discussed at length,
> and I don't disagree with any particular blanking and I also assume
> there are more or less valid reasons in each individual case, esp. when
> it involves the use of Oversight. But I wonder if there is something
> like agreed-upon prerequisites or standards for a courtesy blanking to
> occur.
>
> The last CB (not involving oversight) I noticed was of the Jeffrey
> Gustafson RfAr, on which I recognised nothing out of the ordinary. I
> don't mind the blanking itself, just wondering by which standards the
> blanking happened; or whether there are such standards in the first
> place, written or not.
>
> Adrian
>

Err, they may be on the rise.  There's a huge distinction between
courtesy blankings, courtesy deletions, courtesy oversights.   There
is a "courtesy-blanked" template, it's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Courtesy_blanking - sensibly it
recommends its always substituted, so the "what links here" doesn't
reveal all the courtesy blanked pages.

This does lead to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Courtesy_blanking
which already gives some guidelines on courtesy blankings.  The policy
there says don't do it lightly, but if there's a huge upswing
recently, that can be updated.

WilyD