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Jimmy Wales wrote:
Kelly wrote:
No, you can't. If you recreate an article on the same topic as a previously deleted one, it will be speedied, and VFU won't likely accept that it was "rewritten" as an excuse.
Fred Bauder wrote:
This doesn't make any sense. We need to change the policy if that is how it works.
Yes, Fred is right.
It is difficult to strike a balance here, though. It's one thing if Bryan Derkson (*Bryan Derkson*, this isn't some random person, it's *Bryan Derkson* you see) wants to recreate an article and puts forward good arguments for it, and another thing if some POV-warring troll or garage band tries to keep bringing back some nonsense that got properly deleted already.
As one of the (the?) most active contributors to en.wp, do we have an article on Bryan? No? Why not? We have 2 magazine references!
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