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Category:User simple-N – Allow re-creation -- RoySmith (talk) 20:26, 22 December 2018 (UTC) reply

The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it.

As discussed briefly at Wikipedia talk:Babel#Category redirects and Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#More populated category redirects, this eleven year old deletion has created problems with the Wikipedia:Babel system as the categories are automatically populated across all Wikipedias by the Babel system. Unfortunately this results in category redirects being populated for years and rigid enforcement of the 2008 discussion when anyone tries to restore them as categories. Formally allowing recreation seems the best solution. Due to the length of time since the discussion I have not gone to the closing admin (who also hasn't edited in a few weeks). Timrollpickering ( Talk) 14:32, 13 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Permit re-creation. To put this into context, there was a good deal of shouting about user categorization in early 2008. Without wishing to revisit that time and place, I think Tim's right to argue that this deletion is no longer relevant. Permitting re-creation of the categories is harmless, and will remove some minor sources of tension. Mackensen (talk) 17:42, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply
Allow recreation. Timrollpickering advances persuasive arguments about why this deletion decision in 2008 has created problems in the present day. An 11-year-old CfD should no longer be enforceable when the context and standards have changed since that time. A new consensus should be required if anyone wants to delete the categories in the present day.
Cunard ( talk) 07:41, 20 December 2018 (UTC) reply
Allow recreation per User:Cunard. In the absence of a separate consensus to do so, or other reasons not to restore certain content, deletion discussions should never be "rigidly enforced" after even half a decade, let alone a full one. Modernponderer ( talk) 02:59, 22 December 2018 (UTC) reply

The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it.