On 6/16/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Uploaded files which are deleted can now be undeleted;
admins can also view the
deleted files without actually undeleting them. This is integrated into the
existing Special:Undelete in what I hope is a fairly clear and intuitive manner.
It's my hope that this will encourage admins to tackle the deletion backlogs a
little more aggressively, since mistakes will be easier to undo.
I've tested it both offline and on the live servers and everything seems fine so
far, but if you do encounter problems please report them at
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
Good this means I can stop maintaining an offsite copy of images from
en and nagging for en image dumps.