On 04/02/2008, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/4/08, Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, you can edit [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]] to say something other than "Main Page" and then you can delete or move [[Main Page]] since it won't be the main page anymore.
Out of idle curiosity, who has rights to do this? Which category of Main Page deletions will still be prevented, given this workaround?
All MediaWiki pages are, I believe, admin-only. This adds a layer of security-through-hassle, though ;-)
(I can understand Tim's annoyance, incidentally, Coming up with an elaborate and cunning hack to take advantage of another elaborate and cunning hack to avoid a very unusual problem is one thing; implementing it on a whim *by causing that very problem* is another...)