[WikiEN-l] Undeletion policy

Fri Sep 16 00:06:10 UTC 2005

On 9/15/05, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a serious problem with undeletion policy, rendering it incompatible
> with other Wikipedia policies.
> 
> Firstly undeletion requires a majority (50%). Wikipedia is not a democracy,
> we should do changes by consensus.
> 
> Secondly the undeletion policy is inconsistent with deletion policy. The
> main principle of deletion policy is "if in doubt, don't delete". It follows
> that a consensus should be required to keep a page deleted.

Hmm, I never knew it was that bad. It *definitely* has to change.