用戶:R96340/沒有刪除的理由

在存廢討論裏，常常有人會以「沒有刪除的理由」當理據支持保留－這種說法是沒什麼幫助的。

情境模擬

愛麗絲，一個激進的刪除主義者，看到了一篇她認為不應該存在的條目。我們在此假設她認為這個條目沒有關注度。她將此條目提報到存廢討論，引用通用關注度指引，並指出上述條目不符合指引的理據。

接着我們來看鮑伯的情況。作為一個有一定經驗的維基人及一積極的包容主義者，他在條目裏引用幾條來源，然後在頁面存廢討論寫上一句「不存在刪除的理由。」作為理據支持保留這篇條目。

愛麗絲稍後看見這段文字，且感到有些煩躁。「當然有刪除的理由！」她回應，「你覺得我是那種沒理由地提刪東西的傻瓜嗎？」

鮑伯可能是對的，他的來源可能完善地支持了條目的關注度，但由於他與愛麗絲製造了不必要的對立，他已讓愛麗絲打消了善意溝通的念頭。存廢討論 Bob may even be right. His sources may thoroughly prove the article's case. But by needlessly antagonizing Alice's nomination, he has encouraged her to respond in kind. The discussion is thus likely to devolve into an adversarial back-and-forth over whether his sources are any good. At the end of the whole process, an admin will have to read through their whole diatribe and figure out who's right, or just slap a no consensus on the discussion and walk away.

Obviously, this kind of argument happens all the time, with or without this phrase. But it's important to remember that the person on the other side of an argument probably thinks their reasons for deletion (or keeping) are perfectly valid. Insinuating that they don't accomplishes nothing and may unnecessarily polarize the discussion.