[WikiEN-l] Administrator coup / mass deletions

[Ian Woollard]

On 22/01/2010, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is really not the attitude that we want to project toward anyone.
> I'm very disappointed by the tone of this email.

Tone is one thing, but I'm more concerned about the complete lack of
process here.

Am I correct in thinking that a lone admin can technically delete
*any* BLP article at all by:

a) 'challenging' and removing any references
b) instantly deleting the article for being unreferenced

While that's a somewhat contrived scenario; I've seen admins do things
a bit like that before, and they could probably argue that a) was what
they truly believed (even if everyone else considers the references to
have been good).

So is it right that there's a rule, but no process for these kinds of deletions?

> - causa sui

-- 
-Ian Woollard