Since the inception of this site, the concept of deleting a publication and effectively removing it from the archive has been brought up several times, with several motives, and it has ultimately been rejected as a viable option. Now that the site is under new management, I would like to hear opinions as to whether this would be a beneficial idea to implement, much in the same way that
we brought some movies back from the dead. Note that by making this topic I do not intend to further push for the implementation of this idea unless public opinion approves of it.
So, why would we want to delete some movies from our records?
Firstly, I believe that a couple movies do not conform to the site standards as they have evolved, specifically
runs which do not complete a full game.
Secondly, there are several games which may not provide the entertainment that our viewers demand. A short
list of possible candidates was selected simply by picking movies currently with <4.5 entertainment rating. I realize there have been complaints in the past about the reliability of ratings, and this list is by no means a condemnation for any individual run, nor a suggestion by myself that they should be obsoleted. This is perhaps the best way to easily showcase which runs are currently "bottom of the barrel".
Thirdly, if people do support this idea and it later becomes implemented, any game that is unpublished would by no means be forever "banished"... if another run is submitted that people find entertaining, it would receive equal treatment as a new run, without prejudiced treatment due to a prior run.
I realize there are some people here who believe this site should be some sort of "hall of records", where any game is publication worthy. However, when I joined the site, there was an implied feeling of quality surrounding the published movies, that they were chosen for a reason, and that reason was that they are entertaining. But, just like good submissions slip through the cracks to the grue, bad submissions can slip through the cracks and become published. The question is, should they stay there?
Anyway, that's my soap box. What do other people think?