[WikiEN-l] [Fwd: Re: Deletion of large pages]

[Steve Bennett]

On 2/5/08, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Erm. So, any admin can delete the main page just by editing a page in
> the MediaWiki namespace first? So Tim's hack basically serves only to
> prevent accidental or other non-malicious deletion.

Carcharoth wanted me to post this:

"Tim's hack basically serves only to prevent accidental or other
non-malicious deletion" - I'd say, yes (Angela's workaround was quite
clever!), and that this workaround plays down the concern that this is
moving against the tradition that admins should be able to use their
tools on all pages. I'll ask Risker as well, about posting that link,
as I see he has posted there. Carcharoth (talk) 14:01, 4 February 2008
(UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Summary

Steve