On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:54, Brion Vibber wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, The Cunctator wrote:
Sysops have the power to delete and lock articles, effectively banning other editors if they so wish.
And, as a reminder, any other sysop can undo these.
Realistically, undoing deletion is very unlikely; the mechanisms for deleting articles are much easier to use than those for undeleting them. This is not to disparage the existence of page-restoration. We just shouldn't imply parity between the deletion and restoration functionality.