> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> or do you claim that we shouldn't >> delete sub-stubs duplicating pre-existing articles? Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> wrote: > If the title is valid, it is easier to turn it into a redirect and > merge any content not already mentioned in the existing article (a > s-merge as it is sometimes called). The failure to consider moving > content elsewhere (and leaving a redirect to preserve the > contributions history) is a common misunderstanding made by those who > request deletion in such cases.
+! Well, that's the point. If our sanitation engineers actually did what real sanitation engineers do and actually salvaged things (nice coffee table!), nobody would have a problem with deletion as a process. And as for the philosophical aspects, we don't generally let nihilists have too much control for the simple reason that they tend to turn destruction into an -ism. -Stevertigo "Is that some sort of Eastern thing? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
