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by Robotbeat 1424 days ago
It seems to me that erroring on the side of not deleting is probably a better policy.
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And it seems to be that the opposite is probably a better policy. This is precisely the debate discussed in the link in the previous comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_i...
That is erring on the side of hosting spam, urban legends and pseudoscience. The opinion was made in the AfD that no quality sources for the article: without them, no worthwhile article can be written.
Normally I'd agree, but I think the opposite for living people in particular