[WikiEN-l] Administrator coup / mass deletions

[Abd ul-Rahman Lomax]

At 07:34 PM 1/21/2010, Ryan Delaney wrote:

>Repeat after me: Pure Wiki Deletion. Pure Wiki Deletion.
>
>- causa sui

Pure Wiki Deletion.

Well, I'd add a note to the article. PWD deals with the problem 
without destroying the work that was done on the article, it is there 
for anyone to recover. The note would provide a link to clear 
instructions on how to replace the article, with a request not to 
restore it without adding sources. Done by bot, this would 
immediately deal with the BLP problem, en masse, without the harmful 
effects of deletion. Adding a cat to the article, maybe "Blanked 
BLP," would make all such articles easy to find, for people who want 
to restore them with sources. The instructions for restoration would 
ask the restorer to remove the category.

If some such article is repeatedly restored without sources by IP, it 
could be semi-pro'd. But, otherwise, this action requires no admin privileges.

Pure Wiki Deletion.