[WikiEN-l] [Fwd: Re: Deletion of large pages]

[Anthony]

On Feb 5, 2008 11:02 AM, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> But I will add that neither the problem being addressed (the main page
> being deleted every time an admin gets hacked or goes batshit) and the
> problem created by the solution ("legitimate" deletions or moves of
> the main page requiring assistance from the devs) is frequent or
> severe enough for me to strongly care one way or the other.
>
The real problem is that page histories can be irretrievably merged by
an admin (both as an act of vandalism and as a good faith mistake).
This problem is much more frequent and severe than main page deletion
- the main page is merely one place where it can show up.