On 2/5/08, Steve Bennett stevagewp@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%27_noticeboard#Summary
Steve