Deleting although sometimes necessary it is a lot easier than making the effort to ask for a citation and wait a bit or actively rephrasing or hunting for alternative sources Despite old information being available from the History deleting is very severe and out of sight is out of mind where s content marked with a citation stands at least a small chance of being improved Some some editors are very good at summarizing verbose articles while retaining important details turning lists into meaningful prose with an overall flow but I wouldn t consider that deletionism just top quality editing Haven t asked the Flicker photographer now will do soon Will try and bulk up the fair use descriptions