[Wikipedia-l] Re: Deletions and respect.

[The Cunctator]

On 9/27/02 12:58 AM, "Toby Bartels" <toby+wikipedia at math.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Maveric149 wrote:
> 
>> The Cunctator wrote:
> 
>>> Waiting four minutes is not following the deletion policy.
> 
>> If the page is question was junk then there is no time
>> limit. And the "policy" you speak of is the "one week
>> rule" for listed items which you know very well that
>> you wrote yourself on the votes for deletion page and
>> I later bolded. I stated in the edit summary that I
>> agreed with it but that it "needed to have list
>> approval". I don't remember getting this approval.
> 
> Does The Cunctator have a habit of modifying policy?

I should continue: everyone has a habit of modifying policy through their
actions on Wikipedia. I have a habit of modifying policy explicitly. As
should everyone else.

I have changed policy pages to reflect de facto policies that I disagree
with as well as ones that I agree with.

The policy pages aren't sacred and shouldn't be considered as such; but they
should be followed. If you (being a reasonable and good person) think it is
unreasonable or detrimental to follow something on a policy page, then you
should change the policy page.