On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Rules lawyering is generally taken to mean an excessively strict and > pedantic reading of rules often leaning on obscure clauses and > interpretations to push a preferred outcome contrary to intuitive > sense and the probable intent of the rule.
I'd say that the probable intent of the rule was to allow a small number of very unambiguous, very specific, and very obvious cases, which have been extensively discussed in advance, to be deleted. Speedy deletion is *not* meant to delete everything that's delete-worthy. Adding another case that hasn't been discussed in advance is an attempt to push it towards deleting anything delete-worthy, which is not what it's for. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
