I was just reviewing VfU and the main thrust of Anthony's reason for posting a whole list of things there was because he couldn't see what had been deleted/couldn't transfer it his fork.
Things might be more comfortable for all of us if we granted Anthony rights to view deleted articles. In practice this would mean giving Anthony admin rights and Anthony making a promise not to use them except for the purpose of viewing/copying deleted material (*). The promise could be enforced by the prospect of instant deadminship if breached.
It would seem to be the advantage of Anthony (who would be better equipped to make McFly what he wants to be) and those who don't like Anthony's behaviour on VfU (he wouldn't need to do it anymore).
Any cons?
Pete/Pcb21
(*) This of course assumes that a full RfAdminship would fail to gain consensus in this case. There is no doubt in my mind this would be the case.