[Foundation-l] Delete of Article History and GFDL

[David Gerard]

2008/9/12 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud at gmail.com>:

> I've never seen edit histories deleted for copyright violation, but I
> suppose it's not a crazy misuse of the admis tools.  I've seen histories
> deleted for BLP violations, and spam links that go to stuff like porn, and,
> if I recall correctly, personal attacks (esp. those that "out" our
> contributors).  So I guess there are circumstances where removing
> destructive edits doesn't qualify as a violation of the GFDL.


It should be applied very conservatively, but there is a place for it.


- d.