Thread:Sakaros/@comment-1998339-20191220132107/@comment-104549-20191221015619

Ah, a nuanced point. That being the case, I'm going to come down on the side of User B entirely. Users have the right to expect, if an article title is available, that they can have it, and deletion of article content is either voluntary or only undertaken for clear violations of Wiki policy. Either way, User A was on notice that content lost would be lost for good; if User A forfeits the article title and User B subsequently takes it, then User A will have to rewrite the article from scratch.

As admin team members, this requires a degree of judiciousness on our part—putting aside clear spam and egregious Content Policy violations, article deletion should only be undertaken after clear notice and sufficient time to correct.