Forum:Origins of deletion policy

Can we agree that when articles are given the proposed deletions tag they must have an explanation on the discussion page, however brief, apart from the very obvious acts of vandalism, for example the page Robot Class has been proposed for deletion but no reason is given. Sure it needs a cleanup but I'm not sure if deletions been proposed because of the quality of the article or because of the article's topic. It would be helpful if people could do this when proposing deletions. Thanks :). GingerM 21:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)