My friend Alan has written an excellent rant on Wikipedia's Arbitrary Deletion Policy. a lot of what he says has been expressed here in the past, but I think he makes some very clear arguments that the way deletion works does not jive with the way Wikipedia says deletion is supposed to work. He also has some advice on what to do about it, though I'm not sure anything can sate the thirst of the delete-happy lynch mob.

It is somehow comforting to know that webcomics aren't the only targets.