WereSpielChequers, 31/01/2017 09:39:
I'm not an admin on commons, but where I am an admin it would be expected that you would check the history of a file before deleting it.
It's expected on Commons too, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_policy#Speedy_deletion.
When mistakes happen on Commons, we're sometimes too quick at generalising. Currently Commons has issues with one or two rampant admins who make semi-random deletions en masse (and even edit war on deletion requests). Hopefully the situation is temporary.
Nemo