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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|bureaucrats]] can also do the same for entries in [[Special:Log|the log]].
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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. It removes content from the eyes of non-[[Test Wiki:Administrators|administrators]] and places it behind a few pages for administrators. 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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==Use==
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:

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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 or project 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.)
*To make uncontroversial redactions that don't fit in the other categories
*In some logs, like the [[Special:Log/chat|chat log]], to hide the content or edit summary where they take up take up too much space
*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.
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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