Toby Bartels wrote:
Another problem is our reliance on ''page'' deletion as a way of deleting ''specific revisions'' that infringe copyright. Since this is only effective when the infringement is a page creation, it's not a permanently workable method. That software may change too.
It isn't really a workable method at all. If there's something we're not allowed to distribute, we're not allowed to distribute it to anyone. Deleted pages are still available to sysops, and I think also in the backup dumps.
Ideally, all of these features would be available to everybody. Deletion was made an admin-only process because undeletion was impossible (check old talk history on deletion policies). Now it might be expanded.
Yes, I think it's high time for this. Then discussion about an article can go on its talk page, and we can get rid of the flamewar-magnet 'Votes for Deletion'.
-M-