User blog comment:Thebabylonproject/Deletion Review System./@comment-32602006-20140505212630

TBH I don't really see why the system needs an overhall. No offense but it seems like you're a little too eager to change the established system just because one or two users weren't  happy their shitpastas got deleted.

Instead of asking what is wrong with our system and how it should be changed, I think it might be more pertinent to ask why so many users don't seem to care enough about their pastas to fix certain issues until they get deleted. Are these users who complain about their pastas being deleted asking advice from people on how to improve them? Are they requesting additional time to address the issues before the pasta is deleted? Are they offering to make improvements should we decide to grant their requests to restore their pastas? Are they even contesting the "48 Hour" category when it is assigned?

I have seen a little of that, but the overwhelming majority of times any improvements to bad pastas come from other users who are either being kind or trying to raise their edit counts, or by mods and admins.

But if we must alter our system, I suppose I can offer some suggestions:

1. Increase the probationary period to 72 hours.

2. Allow for an extension of the probationary period to one week if requested by the author since that would at least show that he or she cares enough to at least attempt to fix the issues.

3. leave a message on the author's wall as well as on the pasta itself when a pasta is marked for deletion

4. Instead of restoring pages for review, have them leave the names of the pastas they want reviewed on a designated appeal page for that purpose. That way admins can look through the deletion log and review them when they get around to it.

5. In addition, require them to state on the appeal page why they think their pages should be restored, why they didn't fix their pastas before they were deleted, and how they plan to improve the pastas to bring them up to quality standards should their requests be granted.

6. Immediatly add the restored pastas to "Needs work" until such improvements are implemented and add "fixed" if they are and are satisfactory.