[WikiEN-l] Here's an interesting one

SCZenz sczenz at gmail.com
Tue Jan 31 21:54:32 UTC 2006


On 1/31/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/31/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > Steve Bennett wrote:
> > > Wikipedia suffers more from an incorrect deletion than from an
> > > incorrect keep. Sort of how society suffers more from the execution of
> > > an innocent person than the incorrect non-execution of a guilty one.
> >
> > I don't agree with your perception of the balance.  An incorrect
> > deletion of an article is nearly nothing to us -- it can be undeleted
> > instantly by any admin.
>
> No it can't. Or do you wish to rethink the entire role of admins?

If it's a clearly incorrect deletion, it can be undone by any admin. 
In my humble opinion this should be accompanied with a notice
somewhere so the decision can be reviewed, but that's different from
saying it can't be done.

SCZenz



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