[WikiEN-l] Re: Image deletion : policies and technology

[SJ]

On 7/15/05, Bovlb <wiki at meninx.com> wrote:
> Timwi <timwi at ...> writes:
> > SJ wrote:
> > > Even as an administrator, whe I go to a deleted page, or try to track
> > > down a deleted image, it is hard to identify who deleted a given page,
> > > and what reason was given -- the list of deleted revisions is not
> > > coordinated with the deletion log.
> >
> > I've asked this before and I can't remember what the answer was. Why
> > don't we just show this right on the page? At least up to 48 hours after
> > the deletion? "This page was deleted by <user> on <date> at <time> for
> > the following reason..."
> 
> We could add some text to [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]] that links to the deletion
> log and WP:VFD.  Could we also make it filter for the page name, or is that
> not available?  If that is possible, then we could also link to the specific
> (possibly non-existent) VfD page.
> 
> Bovlb

Yes, those variables are available... along with many, many more:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Variables

SJ