I must highlight that they used the phrase “at least”. Meaning, they never said it’ll only be a few weeks. That’s the bare minimum prediction. It’s obviously going to be awhile before we can “undelete” characters.
Personally, I disagree with the OP on their choice of word:
You don’t “need” it.
The “undelete” shouldn’t be a placeholder, for your characters.
There’s a reason you gotta type out the word “delete” before the character…deletes.
Delete your characters wisely.