Thread:Sannse/@comment-27226474-20160607201711/@comment-8-20160607235331

It seems the message not to use the delete template hasn't got around enough yet :-/

You can use the "one-line" and "blank blog" templates carefully. Blogs that are introductions from a new user should not be given the "one-line" reply though, they are okay however short the blog is.

And the templates should go on the poster's message wall rather than as a reply to the blog. After all, they may not see it if it's on a blog that's about to be deleted.