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-