Tony Sidaway wrote:
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Any administrator, on his cognizance or at the request of a user, should be able to evaluate a deleted article, and if he thinks it was deleted by mistake he can clean it up, and if he thinks necessary he can take it through AfD. Having a forum for the purpose just creates a focal point for all the bad faith in the wiki in one oozing cesspit.
There are problems with the above idea. We don't want administrators fecklessly undeleting copyright infringing material and defamation, or for that matter anything resembling a steaming pile of crap. But an administrator misbehaved in this way could be stopped.
I've been pushing Tony to put forth a real replacement for DRV for a long time, and I'm glad he did. This is a solution I'd like to see implemented. I think admins can be trusted with this.
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])