"I think there is something to be said for keeping the default installation lean."
Those defaults are part of the problem not the solution since people dont seem to realize for the first nothing goes away from Fedora unless it's dead upstream or no one no longer maintains it here with us so it just means things just get shuffled in,out or between comps groups.
And while we have an "default" this will always be the case, people always scream if something is added or removed to the so called "default" instead of those individuals engaging and participating in the relevant sub-community and influence and have that discussion there.
Which is why I'm forming a Gnome SIG an Gnome sub-community within Fedora [1] which will be aimed to deliver upstream modern, high-quality Gnome optimized desktop only experience targeted towards regular people for regular usage on common hardware. No more lvm, no more rsyslog, no more sendmail no more half baked enterprise/admin/desktop "defaults" that wind up being equally crappy for everybody causing nothing but tension,arguments and friction within our community and no more holding back progress in the process.
And this will sail proudly under the name Gnome not "defaults" or "desktop" just like KDE,XFCE,LXDE Sugar and other sub-community already are and have been doing for all those years...
If you are interested in participating in this effort feel free to join.