tedster - 10:29 pm on Nov 3, 2009 (gmt 0)

The main reason I would suggest filing the Reconsideration Request is all those spammy backlinks that were auto-generated overnight. I would get the message over to the 'plex that you want no part of them.

I assume, however, that those links all point to the pages that you nuked, so that should also help avoid troubles. But I'd still get it "on record" and into the very l-o-o-o-ong memory that Google is known for. You may well not see a penalty or filter at this time, since you cleaned it all up - and then this incident begins to fade from your mind. Off in the future, some little data bug at Google could kick in and have you scratching your head about why your rankings suddenly disappeared.

Again, I can see no downside to filing the request.