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'''If a short stub was deleted for lack of content, and you wish to create a useful article on the same subject, you can [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and do so.''' You don't have to get the stub undeleted, and as long as your new version has content it should not be redeleted. If it is, then you should list it here. |
'''If a short stub was deleted for lack of content, and you wish to create a useful article on the same subject, you can [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and do so.''' You don't have to get the stub undeleted, and as long as your new version has content it should not be redeleted. If it is, then you should list it here. |
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== Purpose |
== Purpose == |
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It is hoped that this page will be generally unused, as the vast majority of deletions do not need to be challenged. This page exists for basically two types of people: |
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#Deletion Review is the process to be used by '''all''' editors, including administrators, who wish to challenge the outcome of '''any''' deletion debate or a speedy deletion unless: |
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#*They are able to resolve the issue in discussion with the administrator (or other editor) in question; |
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# People who feel that an article was wrongly deleted, and that Wikipedia would be a better encyclopedia with the article restored. This may happen because it was deleted without being listed on VfD. Please don't list articles for undeletion just because your position was not endorsed on Votes for Deletion. |
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#*In the most exceptional cases, posting a message to [[WP:AN/I]] may be more appropriate instead. Rapid correctional action can then be taken if the ensuing discussion makes clear it should be. |
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# Non-sysops who wish to see the content of a deleted article. They may wish to use that content elsewhere, for example. Alternatively, they may suspect that an article has been wrongly deleted, but are unable to tell without seeing what exactly was deleted. |
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#*An administrator (or other editor) is correcting a mistake of their own, or has agreed to amend their decision after the kind of discussion mentioned above. |
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#*As a subset of this, sometimes an article which is appropriate for a sister site is deleted without being properly transwikied. If the page is undeleted temporarily, it can be exported complete with history using [[Special:Export]], and then redeleted. This will be especially useful once the [[m:MediaWiki_roadmap|import]] feature is completed. |
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#Deletion Review is also to be used if significant new information has come to light since a deletion ''and'' the information in the deleted article would be useful to write a new article. |
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:This process should ''not'' be used simply because you disagree with a deletion debate's reasoning — only if you think the debate was interpreted incorrectly by the closer. This page is about ''process'', not content. |
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This page is about ''articles'', not about ''people''. If you feel that a sysop is routinely deleting articles prematurely, or otherwise abusing their powers, please discuss the matter on the user's talk page, or at [[Wikipedia talk:Administrators]]. Similarly, if you are a sysop and an article you deleted is subsequently undeleted, please don't take it as an attack. |
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Revision as of 00:26, 20 September 2005
Articles and multimedia are sometimes deleted by administrators if they are thought to have a valid reason for deletion. Sometimes these decisions are completely correct, and undisputed. Sometimes, they are more controversial. Before using this page, please read the Wikipedia:Deletion policy and undeletion policy.
The archive of deleted page revisions may be periodically cleared. Pages deleted prior to the database crash on 8 June 2004 are not present in the current archive because the archive tables were not backed up. This means pages cannot be restored by a sysop. If there is great desire for them it may be possible to retrieve them from the old database files. Prior to this, the archive was cleared out on 3 December 2003.
If a short stub was deleted for lack of content, and you wish to create a useful article on the same subject, you can be bold and do so. You don't have to get the stub undeleted, and as long as your new version has content it should not be redeleted. If it is, then you should list it here.
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