The Problem:
Through a discussion in staffchat surrounding SCP-252-ARC, we realised there's currently no formal way by which an archived SCP or tale can be deleted or unarchived. This seems not ideal.
The Solution:
TL;DR, staff votes to unarchive articles.
Any OS+ staff member would be permitted to post an unarchival vote thread to the voting subforum. It would run for one week, be open to OS+, and contain a simple yes/no vote on one currently archived article. When applicable, the vote should also include any backlinks the page has, the reason for archival, and any other historical significance the page may have. It should also include some reasoning for why the piece should be unarchived. For the vote to pass, the majority of active staff must participate in the vote, and the majority of votes cast must be in favour of unarchival. Abstains will count for quorum purposes.
If a vote passes, one of two things will happen:
- If the archived page is above the deletion threshold, it will be unarchived in a similar way to SCP-4503. New slot numbers will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
- If the page is below the deletion threshold, it will be deleted.
This discussion is open to all staff.
thanks to limeyy and elenee for checking over this before posting.
mainsite thread: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14167393/discussion-unarchivals#post-5050925
