From: "Dharmaweb.org" dharmaweb@gmail.com
I hear you about the intended design of the engine is to keep everything. Not every MediaWiki is intended to be used like wikipedia.
I'll save Brion, Rob, et. al. the trouble of saying, "Someone designed a WONDERFUL hammer and gave it to you, free. If you want it to be a screwdriver, that's YOUR problem."
Radical transparency is a central tenet in Wikimedia Foundation. Anyone who asks for features (privacy, deletion, etc.) that subvert this are probably not going to get a welcome reception.
But you've got the source. Just do it. Just don't expect much help.
As a site admin, all I have to do is delete the page with statuscode other than 1.
And as a diabolical site admin, all you have to do is set the statuscode of anything you disagree with or pages that might contain incriminating evidence of nefarious activities to 0...
:::: Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man. Martin Luther King Jr. :::: Jan Steinman http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/02CJDBGF