[WikiEN-l] [WikiEn-l] Another BLP deletion... Why?

[Philip Sandifer]

On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:35 AM, David Gerard wrote:

> On 21/04/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, I should revise - practically everyone, including Arbs  
>> and a
>> couple of Board members, feel that this change should be made to  
>> policy. I
>> must be missing something I guess.
>
>
> Yes - BLPs are special.

Though, it should be noted, the policy as currently proposed is a  
terrible idea. Nothing about AfD has ever demonstrated a skill at not  
running off half-cocked and engaging in vicious overkill. A blank  
check of this nature might be appropriate in some cases, but for a  
process as fundamentally sociopathic as AfD it is a terrible idea.

If I recall correctly, the original version of the change that was  
floated around limited this to cases where the subject has requested  
deletion. This seems to me a much, much more reasonable standard that  
is far less likely to lead to insane collateral damage.

-Phil