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by aab0 3610 days ago
They're not deleting it, just hiding it from public access. Once the squatter goes away, the content comes back.
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What's the difference? Both make this feature (and more general use of the archive) useless.
The difference is exactly what I said: if they deleted it, it's gone forever. If they hide it, it can come back. I've seen pages I cite disappear for a year or two thanks to scummy squatters - but they came back! It's the difference between being sentenced to execution and to 1 year of prison.