The option of the tool itself (as opposed to the policy on its use) being improved or altered before considering re-deployment is deliberately absent from the positions. Pending changes is a specialized version of the more restrictive "[[Wikipedia:Flagged revisions|flagged revisions]]" system. It was developed by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] specifically to be used on en.Wikipedia and is not used on other projects. For that reason the Foundation [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Pending_Changes_enwiki_trial/Roadmap#Future_Releases made it clear] that it would not expend any more resources to develop pending changes until this project had determined that they would actually use it. Therefore the option of improving it first before deciding is not viable at this time.
Despite the flaws of the trial period pending changes has proven to be a useful tool for combating vandalism and other types of problematic edits. The tool should be used in accordance with the following draft policy. This policy is intended to reflect the community input in discussions. It is not set in stone and after use of the tool is resumed there may be unanticipated problems which can be corrected through normal consensus gathering processes.</div>
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Pending changes should be kept in the long term, but the draft policy is insufficient and/or out of step with what the community wants from the tool. Pending changes should not be rejected entirely but should remain unused until such time as there is a more complete policy in place that has been explicitly approved by the community.</div>
{{Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012/Option 3}}
