Test Wiki:Revision deletion: Difference between revisions
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Revision deletion is used for many purposes, including: | 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 copyright infringements, where there is a clean revision to restore to | ||
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*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 [[<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 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 too much screen space (for instance, text with diacritical marks that stretch off the log entry) | *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. | 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. | ||
''This page is [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC-BY-SA] licensed.'' | ''This page is [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC-BY-SA] licensed.'' | ||
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