Wikipedia:Deletion review/Purpose

Deletion Review may be used:

1. if someone believes the closer of a deletion discussion interpreted the result incorrectly,
2. if a speedy deletion was done outside of the criteria or is otherwise disputed,
3. if significant new information has come to light since a deletion and the information in the deleted article would be useful to write a new article,
4. to have the history of a deleted article restored behind a new, improved version of the article (called a history-only undeletion),
5. if a page has been wrongly deleted with no way to tell what exactly was deleted, or
6. if there was a substantive procedural error(s) in the deletion discussion or speedy deletion.

Deletion Review should not be used:

1. because of a disagreement with the deletion discussion's outcome that does not involve the closer's judgment,
2. to point out other pages that have not been deleted (as each page is different and stands or falls on its own merits),
3. to challenge an article's deletion via the proposed deletion process (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion to challenge these),
4. to request that previously deleted content be used on other pages (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion for these requests), or
5. to attack other editors, cast aspersions, or make accusations of bias (such requests may be speedily closed).

Copyright violating, libelous, or otherwise prohibited content will not be restored.