From a search, the message seems to have been in place since at least 2017[0] and I'd suspect is automated on detection of mass-deletion. I can understand the

From a search, the message seems to have been in place since at least 2017[0] and I'd suspect is automated on detection of mass-deletion. I can understand the reason for the policy (in some ways SO functions more like a wiki than a forum) and it doesn't seem to have been introduced to quell the protest against OpenAI. [0]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/296822/287788 https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/296822/287788