[Wikipedia-l] Admins (I suspect LMS) permanently deleting things without reason

Mon Nov 5 17:32:09 UTC 2001

> 
> 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.

Now that feature addition is the kind I like!

I still think documentation is crucial, but I hope you can understand
why I don't feel welcome to contribute to anything regarding Wikipedia
any more, at least publicly.

If possible, you might want to set up a bugzilla.

yours,
The Cunctator
cunctator at kband.com