Which is what is almost always done. Very few articles are actually deleted.
-Matt
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:35:32 -0700 (PDT), Mark Richards marich712000@yahoo.com wrote:
That would be better, but it still denies future generations of Wikipedian the right to edit and improve. There are a few circumstances where legal, ethical reasons or simple nonsense compel deletion, but blanking, redirecting or refactoring is almost always better. Mark
--- David Carson david@hemiware.com wrote:
Mark Richards wrote:
The trouble with VFU is that only admins can even
see
what was deleted. The process is proundly un wiki.
Perhaps it would be helpful if listings on VFU were accompanied by an admin copying the deleted article to a temporary subpage a.s.a.p. ?
Cheers! David...
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