[WikiEN-l] Proposal: Soft deletion

[Erik Moeller]

On 2/28/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Who would decide what to redirect and what to unredirect? Admins? What
> stops non-admins from doing it? I like the idea, but I think it would
> be very difficult to manage.

Start with an open system (but limited to notability) & let it evolve
-- some "soft deletes" should probably go through AfD, just like some
merge & redirects should, while others could be done immediately after
the article appears.

-- 
Peace & Love,
Erik

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