[Mediawiki-api] What is the suppress log?

[Rotem Liss]

Brianna Laugher wrote:
> 'suppress' is listed as a potential letype for
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php .
> Although interestingly (or not) there is no 'suppress'  log option at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log, and then again
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/suppress does give some
> results, although it's not obvious what they are.
> 
> Also, it seems like api.php can figure out what the list of available
> letype values are for each particular wiki, as I went to a different
> wiki site's api,php and it correctly listed a different set of
> possible values. Is that list accessible via an API call? It seems
> like something that would fit under "siteinfo".
> 
> thanks,
> Brianna
> 

Suppression log is part of the experimental rev_deleted feature, which is not
yet enabled in Wikimedia sites. It is a private log for revision deletions
hidden from the public and from the regular sysops.