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The main purpose of the page is to review the outcome of deletion discussions, as ]. There are some ancillary cases where editors wish to have pages restored. These are also handled in ] — please consider the usual reasons below and state clearly the basis for your request.


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===Temporary review===
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Request this if you want to use the content elsewhere (such as in other articles), you suspect the article has been wrongly deleted but are unable to tell without seeing what exactly was deleted, or if the full article history is needed to complete a ] properly. Please state whether you would like:
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#The article temporarily restored for all to examine during a review.
#The article restored to your userspace so you can work on it to attempt to address the problems that led to deletion.
#The source of the article emailed to you to review 'off-Wiki'.
Only uncontroversial revisions will be restored. Content that is moved back to the encyclopedia without being improved may be subject to ], and content held in userspace without evidence of intent to work on it may also be ].

===History-only undeletion===
Request this to have the history of a deleted article restored behind a new, improved version of the article. The old, deleted revisions will sit harmlessly in the history of the page. 'History-only' undeletions can be performed without needing extended discussion on this page.

===Contesting 'proposed deletions'===
Request this if the article was dealt with as a ']'. A 'PROD' can be restored by any admin upon reasonable request. Such an article may still be deleted at ] or under the ].
:Administrators restoring deleted articles should also restore the associated talk page if it exists and place {{tl|oldprod}} on it. {{tl|ProdContested}} (shortcut <code>{{tlsp|PC|articlename}}</code>) is available for notifying the original nominator that the article has been restored.

===How do I do all this?===
All requests go in the ] below. Please state clearly your reason for requesting undeletion. If you want to review the debate or the cause of deletion, then these ancillary options are not appropriate, and you should ].

'''Under no circumstances will revisions that have copyright problems, potentially libelous or other prohibitive content be restored'''.

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