Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/RevisionDelete

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 :

$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 such as Help:Ask an account question 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
 * The Wikimedia family uses Oversight; RevisionDelete effectively superseded Oversight.


 * Possible pitfalls
 * None that we are aware of except that adding something may break something else.