| Revision as of 01:35, 19 October 2005 editAaron Brenneman (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users19,683 edits rv - Please stop. Edit warring is unhelpful, use talk page, worj WITH other contributors, not against them.← Previous edit | Revision as of 01:56, 19 October 2005 edit undoTony Sidaway (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers81,722 edits Not edit warring, just being bold by stating policy in different ways until we find one we can agree on.Next edit → | ||
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| Deletion Review is one process that can be used by editors to challenge deletions. | |||
| * This page operates within two policies, both of which deliberately adopt a very permissive approach to Misplaced Pages articles: | |||
| #*They are able to resolve the issue in discussion with the administrator (or other editor) in question; | |||
| ** ], if in doubt, don't delete. | |||
| #*In the most exceptional cases, posting a message to ] may be more appropriate instead. Rapid correctional action can then be taken if the ensuing discussion makes clear it should be. | |||
| ** ], would Misplaced Pages be a better encyclopedia with the article restored? | |||
| #*An administrator (or other editor) is correcting a mistake of their own, or has agreed to amend their decision after the kind of discussion mentioned above. | |||
| #Deletion Review is also to be used if significant new information has come to light since a deletion ''and'' the information in the deleted article would be useful to write a new article. | |||
| :This process should ''not'' be used simply because you disagree with a deletion debate's reasoning — only if you think the debate was interpreted incorrectly by the closer. This page is about ''process'', not content. | |||
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Articles and multimedia are sometimes deleted by administrators if they are thought to have a valid reason for deletion. Sometimes these decisions are completely correct, and undisputed. Sometimes, they are more controversial. Before using this page, please read the Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy and undeletion policy.
The archive of deleted page revisions may be periodically cleared. Pages deleted prior to the database crash on 8 June 2004 are not present in the current archive because the archive tables were not backed up. This means pages cannot be restored by a sysop. If there is great desire for them it may be possible to retrieve them from the old database files. Prior to this, the archive was cleared out on 3 December 2003.
If a short stub was deleted for lack of content, and you wish to create a useful article on the same subject, you can be bold and do so. You don't have to get the stub undeleted, and as long as your new version has content it should not be redeleted. If it is, then you should list it here.
Purpose
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Deletion Review is one process that can be used by editors to challenge deletions.
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