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'''Revision deletion''' is a feature of the MediaWiki software allowing [[Test Wiki:Administrators|administrators]] to hide a revision from non-administrators, and place it behind an interstitial for any administrators who wish to check the revision. [[Test Wiki:Bureaucrats| | <!--T:1--> | ||
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'''Revision deletion''' is a feature of the MediaWiki software allowing [[<tvar name=sysop>Special:MyLanguage/Test Wiki:Administrators</tvar>|administrators]] to hide a revision from non-administrators, and place it behind an interstitial for any administrators who wish to check the revision. [[<tvar name=B>Special:MyLanguage/Test Wiki:Bureaucrats</tvar>|Bureaucrats]] can also do the same for entries in [[Special:Log|the log]]. | |||
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Revision deletion can hide content, summaries, and usernames of edits and log entries. On Test Wiki, it is used for tests or non-test reasons. | Revision deletion can hide content, summaries, and usernames of edits and log entries. On Test Wiki, it is used for tests or non-test reasons. | ||
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Revision deletion is used for many purposes, including: | In addition, [[<tvar name=SU>Special:MyLanguage/Test Wiki: Suppressors</tvar>|suppressors]] can use revision deletion in suppression mode to hide certain types of material from even administrators. | ||
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Revision deletion is used for many purposes, including, but not limited to: | |||
*For testing | *For testing | ||
*To hide copyright infringements, where there is a clean revision to restore to | |||
*To hide grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material | *To hide grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material | ||
*To hide purely disruptive material, with little or no testing value (such as phishing, scams, spam, etc.) | *To hide purely disruptive material, with little or no testing value (such as phishing, scams, spam, etc.) | ||
*To hide [[Test Wiki:Suppressors|suppressible]] material prior to suppression (use a discreet edit summary for this. If there is another reason you can use, like purely disruptive material, use that.) | *To hide [[<tvar name=SU>Special:MyLanguage/Test Wiki: Suppressors</tvar>|suppressible]] material prior to suppression (use a discreet edit summary for this. If there is another reason you can use, like purely disruptive material, use that.) | ||
*In some logs, like the [[Special:Log/chat|chat log]], to hide the content or edit summary where they take up too much screen space | *To make uncontroversial redactions that don't fit in the other categories | ||
In general, please only redact the part(s) of material that fit a non-test reason. | *In some logs, like the [[Special:Log/chat|chat log]], to hide the content or edit summary where they take up too much screen space (for instance, text with diacritical marks that stretch off the log entry) | ||
In general, please only redact the part(s) of material that fit a non-test reason. If you are testing, redact as much as you want, and then revert. | |||
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