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Request for RevisionDelete

Home page

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete

Type

MediaWiki configuration (user rights) change.

Installation notes

The following line needs to be added/uncommented to LocalSettings.php:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deleterevision']  = true;

Reason for request

This change will allow sysops to hide the revision text and the edit summary, essentially performing a partial deletion. This is useful as it means sysops no longer have to delete pages and restore selected revisions (which there are some issues with when on large pages) when a user accidentally posts personal information, such as access keys and passwords.

What else uses it

GWW has for years.

Possible pitfalls

We've never run into any.