I assume you mean that he should have done that when he noticed the domain was pending renewal? (edited to "renewal", not deletion) He definitely acted decentl

I assume you mean that he should have done that when he noticed the domain was pending renewal? (edited to "renewal", not deletion) He definitely acted decently overall (and did reach out to the people you mention afterwards). But I can empathize with the author for simply thinking "pending renewal? alright whatever" and later on "pending DELETE? shit I should make sure they're OK!". I guess there's always what's best in hindsight and what's actually done.