If Wikipedia is to retain a deletionist editorial cultural, I'd at least like to be able to access the history for deleted entries and read old versions of such

If Wikipedia is to retain a deletionist editorial cultural, I'd at least like to be able to access the history for deleted entries and read old versions of such entries. As it stands, those entries seem to be permanently removed from public access (and maybe even on the back end.) I don't like that 1984-style versioning, which gives the message that certain entries never existed in the first place. (I'd understand a small exception for copyright infringing content--that such content should remain unavailable when deleted.)