META: Deletion policy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Deletion_policy

This is my attempt to codify the informal rules I've been working by.

I'll leave this post up for a bit, but strongly suspect that it will have to be deleted not too long thereafter. I haven't been particularly encouraged to try responding to comments, either. Nonetheless, if there's something I missed, let me know.

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Deletion_policy

This is my attempt to codify the informal rules I've been working by.

Is I read it, the policy does not address the basilisk and basilisk type issues, which, while I don't think should be moderated, are. "Information Hazards" specifically says "not mental health reasons."

Well, the "LW basilisk" just turned out to be a knife sharp enough to cut yourself with. And sometimes you need sharp knives.

3wedrifid13y

It does, in as much as it includes: [...] This particular entry makes all the others more or less redundant. This is perhaps better than only having the "information Hazard" clause. Because Eliezer deleting something based on the "Eliezer says so" is at least coherent and unambiguous. It doesn't matter whether a post by Roko is actually dangerous. The says so clause can still cover it and we can just roll our eyes and tolerate Eliezer's quirks.

11evand13y

A true basilisk is not a mental health risk, or at least not only such. Whether one such has been found is a separate question (I lean toward no).

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