Hi Ben,

Thanks for your note. As you noted, normally I don't go around doing that, but the user in question has been "gumming up the works" with endless such requests  often on stubs and substubs that s/he has just created  after a number of people have pleaded with the user to stop and after the Wikipedia:Mentorship Committee has been offering help and guidance. I've been trying to be careful about not being overzealous and taking care not to remove legitimate requests. I'd have restored it but I see that you've already taken care of it. I will try to be even more careful in the future. ''(crossposted to Ben-w's talk page)

Thanks again, |Брайен