User blog comment:VegetaPrinceOfSayains/My personal opinion/@comment-25052433-20140803154648/@comment-1186783-20140804190155

Now, I won't say that I've never seen a story deleted that I, personally, would have tolerated, but I will say that in my time here such things have been exceedingly rare. Out of the dozens of stories I've seen deleted, there was one, MAYBE two that I would have spared if it was my call to make.

Beyond that, as I pointed out, we have the Writer's Workshop for exactly this reason. Any newbie who read over the rules before he started will know that he has that resource. And if they couldn't be bothered with opening up to some constructive criticism before posting, then I really lose my sympathy for them.