From: Andre Engels
Then again if an article is put on VfD for being poorly-written, it
usually means it is so poorly written that starting a new article and
improving the existing one are equivalent options. Which means that
'risking deletion' is not a risk at all.
Again, the conclusion would be correct if the premise were true. But to
correct the premise some words have to be added:
"Then again if an article is put on VfD for being poorly-written, it
usually means *the person who added it to VfD believes that* it is so
poorly written that starting a new article and improving the existing
one are equivalent options."
Since everyone's judgment on that is not presumptively identical,
conflict and debate ensues (the reason why there needs to be votes for
deletion).
Actually, since we trust people to summarily delete utter nonsense,
people only put pages on Votes for Deletion which they recognize are not
open-and-shut cases.