On ro.wp, we empty the summary when the reason is "Obscene content"
and leave it otherwise. For me, it used to be useful as a quick check
on admins. However, now that many deletions are made through Twinkle
and the Infoboxes are ubiquitous (taking up from the displayed text),
this is less useful.
Strainu
În lun., 17 ian. 2022 la 16:19, Amir E. Aharoni
<amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> a scris:
>
> Hallo!
>
> There's an old MediaWiki feature: When an administrator deletes a page, a bit of
its content is automatically added to an edit summary. This is later viewable in deletion
logs.
>
> If you edit in the English, German, or Italian Wikipedia, then you haven't
actually seen this feature in years, because administrators in these wikis essentially
removed it by locally blanking the system messages that make it work.
>
> In many other wikis, however, this feature is still working.
>
> Is it actually useful? Or should it perhaps be removed?
>
> Here's a Phabricator task about it:
>
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299351
>
> If you have an opinion, weigh in there or here.
>
> Thanks!
>
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