User blog comment:EtherBot/Let's Talk Deletion!!!/@comment-4998996-20170219110941

So. This isn't a new topic, hell it was discussed while I was still a chat mod here, which as you can see we no longer have chat should tell you how long ago that was. Stories get deleted often and no one is safe from that. We have deleted things people associate with creepypasta such as Jeff The Killer and sonic.exe without so much as a second thought becsuse we all agreed they were poorly written. Admins and mods alike had stories deleted, my talk page can atest to that.

The way it is done can seem heartless at first but necessary. Many stories are deleted daily so custom messages can't be done but that doesn't mean change is impossible. Deletion appeal should be handled more like it has already been suggested. I forget who said it but way back in the day we had a vote box for potm, someone suggested the admins/crats/rollbacks have a little secret vote box they keep off site in a skype group or discord or something of the like where they vote on that so it isn't just one persons say.

As for the deletion message I do know something that can be added to it to make it sound more friendly, as I used to say it occassionally when people ranted in chat about their story being deleted. After the message we already have what could be added is simply: "If you would like to know the reasons of your story's deletion than please feel free to politely ask one of site admins for the reason and I am sure they would be willing to help you. In the mean time you could add the story to our writers workshop and with some help you should apply for deletion appeal." In my opinion it sounds much more helpful and brings some much needed assistance to the typical deletion message as well as some advice on what their next steps should be, overall making it a much more pleasent experience for everyone involved. It may also defuse some people so our admins may just get less salty talk page messages filled with bad grammar and insults which I am sure would be apperciated.

Sorry for bad spacing, I am on a phone so nothing exactly looks right.