[WikiEN-l] [Fwd: Re: Deletion of large pages]

[Anthony]

On Feb 4, 2008 7:01 AM, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2008 10:39 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 04/02/2008, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > I added a simple hook to our settings file that prevents deletion of the
> > > main page on any Wikimedia wiki. Thankfully, it does not require flooding
> > > the database with 3.8 million edits (5000 edits times 763 wikis).
> >
> > Is there any way to override that? Contact a sysadmin, I guess. There
> > are cases where deleting the main page may be required (not very
> > common cases, but it could happen).
>
> 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.
>
LOL.  Moral of the story: tell others about your idea before you try
to fix a problem all by yourself.