Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/DeletedContributions

Request for the DeletedContributions extension

 * Home-page : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DeletedContributions
 * Type : MediaWiki extension
 * Additional software requirements : None
 * Installation notes : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DeletedContributions#Installation.
 * The prerequisites only apply to versions of MediaWiki older than 1.12.


 * Reason for request : This provides sysops and bureaucrats a special page which lists edits a particular user or IP has made that have been deleted. This is both useful for quickly finding the deleted edits of a returning vandal, as well as for helping users who want to know why their page has gone missing but can't remember the exact name of the page.
 * What else uses it : Wikipedia, the MediaWiki wiki, and the various Wikia wikis.
 * Possible pitfalls : As the special page will only be available to sysops and bcrats, who already have access to deleted edits, no security or privacy is breached any more than the status quo. It only makes it easier for admins to find deleted edits by user rather than only by page. Also, see additional notes.
 * Additional notes : The feature has been added as default to MediaWiki 1.14, so installing this now may require later uninstallation when the wiki is upgraded.