Comment by jldugger
3 years ago
It seems like this worked correctly: you found notes describing their reasoning, but did not find their argument conclusive or persuasive. Not every fence exists for good _reasons_; Chesterson's Fence simply recommends identifying what those original reasons were, so you can evaluate their legitimacy before proceeding.
Their predecessor also did a good job realising that it might be hard for GP to apply Chesterton's fence because there wasn't an obvious reason, and leaving notes documenting that (lack of good) reason.