Forum:Congress/Requested Restoration

Explorer's Proposal
I think we should be able to restore deleted articles with community centers like the Article Deletion Center. You see, there are articles out there that may have caught the attention of a user or two on the wiki, but were deleted for one reason or another before aforementioned users were able to edit them. There are also articles that may have been deleted unfairly, before their creators had a chance to correct them. This should solve that problem.

In my proposal, if an article is deleted but another user would like to re-launch it and edit it as their own (or with the creator's help), all they have to do is go to the article's talk page, add the template Undelete at the top, and post a new section requesting for the article to be undeleted and why. Unlike the process of deletion, the request form does NOT include a poll, and only administrators and above will be able to discuss the article's undeletion. If the administrators pass the request, the article will be restored to its former state. Make note, however, that any undeleted article IS SUBJECT TO THE PROCESS OF DELETION, like normal articles. Finally, this bill requires that admins not protect or delete the talk pages of previously deleted articles, unless for emergency reasons (e.g., excessive spamming and/or vandalism, flame wars, etc.).

Of course, you may suggest changes to this bill however you like, in accordance with the COC and Terms of Use.  Yours "Falsely",   Explorer 767 ( The Nerd Quibbles On...  )    View this template   21:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)