But that's no argument against restoring content.

Abigail

I'm just saying it's not an argument in favour of restoring content.

I think the potential loss of context is an argument in favor of restoring content.

When context is lost, the site itself loses cohesiveness and that's detrimental to everyone, not just the author of the reply that's left in limbo.

Unfortunately, not everyone quotes context like you and I do. You can't really force people to quote.

I'm in favor of making the whole revision history available. Short of that, though, I think restoring lost content is sometimes best for the site and should be done in cases where it is appropriate to do so.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

When context is lost, the site itself loses cohesiveness and that's detrimental to everyone, not just the author of the reply that's left in limbo.

You make it sound very dramatically. As if there are many wonderful, quoteless, replies to postings that were deleted. I think that hardly happens, if at all. In fact, if the entire thread that sparked this discussion had vanished, there would not be much of a loss.

I think it's more useful to the site if people can post here freely, and have the ability to remove or update content that could potentially make them look foolish, liable, loose their job, or whatever.

Abigail