[WikiEN-l] Can a deleted page be used in an RfC?

[Elonka at aol.com]

I've asked this a couple places around Wikipedia (including Kelly  Martin's 
page) but haven't gotten a reply, so I'm going to try again here.
 
I'm currently preparing an RfC (or RfAr) regarding a long series of  personal 
attacks that are being genereated against me by User DreamGuy.   One of the 
attacks (the first one, actually) is at [[Talk:Eenasul_Fateh]], a  temporary 
page that was made to hold information during an AfD  discussion.
 
One user tried to remove DreamGuy's attacks, but DreamGuy just went right  
back in and restored them.
 
Anyway, I have the opportunity to speedy-delete the page as no  longer 
needed.  However, if I delete it, does that mean that I can no  longer refer to the 
personal attack on that page as part of the RfC?  Do I  have to keep it around 
for evidence?  Or can I go ahead and get rid of  it?  
 
Or should I blank it "in preparation for deletion", but hold onto it so  that 
the diffs will work?

Thanks,
 
Elonka 
[[User:Elonka]]