Hi Salvo, one big difference for bible-kjv and fortunes-it-off is that bible-kjv provides reasonable defaults. We can discuss whether the package is accepatble or not as a whole but the contents are more or less fixed. On the other hand, the contents of fortunes-it-off is by definition in flux. The more you remove the more you may be asked to remove. And wouldn't it become boring if nothing is added? Debian's structure does not accompdate well data packages with dynamic content. A lot of software we provide have external plugins that we do not package. And - ahem - AI can also revolutionise how fortunes content is collected, served, curated and personalised. I understand that you felt badly treated and this is in my opinion the main issue. But the package itself, maybe there is nothing wrong thinking that it does not have much of a future in its present form in Debian?
Have a nice day, Charles