There is a "delete this page" function in the PHP wikipedia, for "privileged" users only. As I anticipate this to be a problem for some "normal" users, as demonstrated here, I added an automatic log page to that function ([[Log:Page Deletions]]). Every permanent page deletion via that function will be recorder there, with date and user name, and will show on the "Recent Changes" page.
I demonstrated it at http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/fpw/wiki.phtml?title=special:RecentChanges with the old "Feature Requests" page, for those who'd like an example.
The log page cannot be edited by *anyone* via the web interface. Of course, I cannot prevent the direct edit of the database.
Magnus Manske
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of lsanger@nupedia.com Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 1:53 AM To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Admins (I suspect LMS) permanently deleting things without reason
I'll reply again tomorrow.
Larry
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