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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Large-scale_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Large-scale_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Large-scale use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Large-scale_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_to_request_revision_deletion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_request_revision_deletion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>How to request revision deletion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_request_revision_deletion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Appeal and discussion of actions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technical_details" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technical_details"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Technical details</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Technical_details-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Technical details subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Technical_details-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Functionality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Functionality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Functionality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Functionality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Limitations_and_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Limitations_and_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Limitations and issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Limitations_and_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Revisions_stored_by_third_parties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Revisions_stored_by_third_parties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Revisions stored by third parties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Revisions_stored_by_third_parties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Changing_visibility_settings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Changing_visibility_settings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Changing visibility settings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Changing_visibility_settings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>RevisionDelete's own log entries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Selective_undeletion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Selective_undeletion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Selective undeletion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Selective_undeletion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Statistics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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Available in 29 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-29" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">29 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:حذف المراجعات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:حذف المراجعات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সংস্করণ অপসারণ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সংস্করণ অপসারণ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2" title="विकिपीडिया:रिवीजन हटावल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:रिवीजन हटावल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:V%C3%BDb%C4%9Brov%C3%A9_maz%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Wikipedie:Výběrové mazání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Výběrové mazání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A6lp:Versionssletning" title="Hjælp:Versionssletning – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hjælp:Versionssletning" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Versionsl%C3%B6schung" title="Wikipedia:Versionslöschung – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Versionslöschung" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81_%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%87" title="ویکی‌پدیا:حذف نسخه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:حذف نسخه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Demande_de_purge_d%27historique" title="Wikipédia:Demande de purge d'historique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Demande de purge d'historique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BF%AE%E8%A8%82%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E5%88%AA%E9%99%A4%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D" title="Wikipedia:修訂版本刪除方針 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="Wikipedia:修訂版本刪除方針" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%ED%8A%B9%EC%A0%95%ED%8C%90_%EC%82%AD%EC%A0%9C_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85" title="위키백과:특정판 삭제 정책 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:특정판 삭제 정책" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8" title="विकिपीडिया:संशोधन विलोपन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:संशोधन विलोपन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Sakrivanje_izmjena" title="Wikipedija:Sakrivanje izmjena – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Sakrivanje izmjena" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Penghapusan_revisi" title="Wikipedia:Penghapusan revisi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Penghapusan revisi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cancellazione_selettiva" title="Wikipedia:Cancellazione selettiva – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Cancellazione selettiva" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:നാൾപ്പതിപ്പ് മായ്ക്കൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:നാൾപ്പതിപ്പ് മായ്ക്കൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:مسح المراجعات – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:مسح المراجعات" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%89%88%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E5%89%8A%E9%99%A4" title="Wikipedia:版指定削除 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:版指定削除" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Usuwanie_wersji" title="Wikipedia:Usuwanie wersji – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Usuwanie wersji" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_oculta%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Wikipédia:Política de ocultação – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Política de ocultação" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Википедия:Удаление правки – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Удаление правки" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Revision_deletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Revision deletion – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:Revision deletion" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DA%95%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95" title="ویکیپیدیا:سڕینەوەی بەسەرداچوونەوە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:سڕینەوەی بەسەرداچوونەوە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Брисање измена – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" 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redact page revisions and log entries</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:REVDEL" redirects here. For deletion review, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>.</b><div style="font-size: 90%;">It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RVDL"></span><span id="WP:REVDEL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RVDL&redirect=no">WP:RVDL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REVDEL&redirect=no">WP:REVDEL</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> RevisionDelete is a <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> function used to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/redaction" class="extiw" title="wikt:redaction">redact</a> grossly improper posts and log entries. It is available to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">administrators</a> in accordance with the <a href="#Criteria_for_redaction">criteria for use</a>. 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title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Proposed deletion (BLP)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Deletion_policy_list" title="Template:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Deletion_policy_list" title="Template talk:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion_policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>RevisionDelete</b> (also known as <b>RevDel</b> or <b>RevDelete</b>) is a feature that allows <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">remove</a> individual entries in a <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page history</a> or <a href="/wiki/Help:Log" title="Help:Log">log</a> from public view. It is used for "selective deletion", largely replacing the prior method (delete and partial undelete) which should no longer be used except for history merges and occasional other technical cases where it is needed. Revision deletion should only be used in accordance with the <a href="#Criteria_for_redaction">criteria for redaction</a>. </p><p>RevisionDelete can hide the text of a revision, the username that made the edit or action, or the edit summary or log summary. On the English Wikipedia, criteria exist to govern the use of RevisionDelete, which are outlined <a href="#Criteria_for_redaction">below</a>. Use of RevisionDelete by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SIGHT">oversighters</a> in "Suppression" mode is covered separately by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight or Suppression policy</a>. </p><p>Any administrator may handle RevisionDelete requests made by users, but <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_handle_RevisionDelete_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests">Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests</a> lists administrators who have declared a particular willingness to handle such requests. Users who have concerns about any particular use of RevisionDelete may ask any administrator to review the matter, but again administrators listed in that category may be particularly well placed to do so. When contacting editors about sensitive material, email is preferred to talk page messages, to avoid exposing information to more readers. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Overview" data-mw-thread-id="h-Overview"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Overview"></span>Overview<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Overview"></span></h2></div> <p>RevisionDelete allows selective <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/redaction" class="extiw" title="wikt:redaction">redaction</a> of posts and log entries by administrators, as well as <a href="/wiki/Peer_review" title="Peer review">peer review</a> by any administrator of the correct use of the tool. Entries still appear in redacted form on the public wiki, and any user may request that an administrator review a RevisionDelete action, to determine whether its removal was reasonable. RevisionDelete logged actions <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype=revision&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist">can be found here</a>. </p><p>As a deletion tool, RevisionDelete is capable of removing material from the wider community's view. Because of this, the tool should only be used within strict guidelines. </p><p>In time-sensitive situations where material may be subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OSPOL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OSPOL">the oversight policy</a> (such as privacy breaches and defamation), an administrator may redact first, then immediately bring the matter to the attention of oversighters. (See <a href="#Hiding_oversightable_material_prior_to_Oversight">below</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Misuse" data-mw-thread-id="h-Misuse-Overview"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Misuse-Overview"></span>Misuse<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Misuse-Overview"></span></h3></div> <p>RevisionDelete was introduced for administrators in 2010. The community's endorsement of the tool included a very strong consensus that its potential to be abused should be strictly barred, prevented by the community, and written into the policy. Especially, RevisionDelete does not exist to remove "ordinary" offensive comments and incivility, or unwise choices of wording between users, nor to redact block log entries; material must be grossly offensive, with little likelihood of significant dissent about its removal. Otherwise it should not be removed. Administrators should consult as usual if uncertain that a revision would be appropriate to redact. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Criteria_for_redaction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Criteria_for_redaction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Criteria_for_redaction"></span>Criteria for redaction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Criteria_for_redaction"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CRD"></span><span id="WP:CFRD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CRD&redirect=no">WP:CRD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CFRD&redirect=no">WP:CFRD</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div style="border:black solid 1px;background-color:#e0ffe0; padding: 0 0.5em; overflow: hidden; margin-left: 1.6em"> <p>A certain low degree of inappropriate or disruptive posting is normal within a large community. In general, only material that meets at least one of the criteria below should be deleted. Users should consider whether simply <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVERT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVERT">reverting</a> or ignoring would be sufficient in the circumstances. If deletion is needed, only redact what is necessary (i.e. leave non-harmful fields visible), and give a clear reason for the removal. </p><p>The community's decision<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (4 June 2013)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> was that RevisionDelete <b>should not be used without prior clear consensus</b> for "ordinary" incivility, attacks, or claims of editorial misconduct. The wider community may need to fully review these at the time and in future, even if offensive. </p> </div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="1"></span><b>RD1. Blatant violations of the copyright policy</b>. Best practices for copyrighted text removal can be found at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">WP:Copyright problems</a> and should take precedence over this criterion. Usernames should not be hidden under RD1.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="2"></span><b>RD2. Grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material</b> that has little to no encyclopedic or project value, or violates our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living people</a> policy. This includes slurs, smears, and grossly offensive material of little or no encyclopedic value, but <b>not</b> mere factual statements, and <b>not</b> "ordinary" incivility, personal attacks or conduct accusations. When pages with grossly improper titles are in question, the page names may also be removed from public log entries.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="3"></span><b>RD3. Purely disruptive material</b> that is of little or no relevance or merit to the project. This includes harassment, grossly inappropriate threats or attacks, browser-crashing or malicious HTML or CSS, shock pages, phishing pages, known virus-proliferating pages, and links to any of these or to web pages that disparage or threaten some person or entity and serve no valid purpose, but <i>not</i> mere <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">spam</a> links.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="4"></span><b>RD4. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversightable</a> information</b> – see separate section <a href="#HIDINGBEFORESIGHT">below</a> for criteria.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="5"></span><b>RD5. Valid deletion under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DEL-REASON" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DEL-REASON">deletion policy</a>, executed using RevisionDelete</b>. Except for history merges and fixing cut-and-paste moves, if selective deletion is required, RevisionDelete is usually preferable, and should be used instead of the old method of "delete and then partially undelete". <i>It is important that the underlying reason for deletion be made clear in the log summary.</i></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="6"></span><b>RD6. Non-contentious housekeeping</b> including correction of clear and obvious unintended mistakes in previous redactions, changes to redaction based upon communal discussion and clear consensus, adding information to the delete logs, and converting traditional selective deleted edits to RevisionDelete. <i>(The action must not be likely to be contentious or controversial; consult if needed.)</i></li></ul> <div style="display: flex;"> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="AC"></span><span class="anchor" id="RD7"></span><b>RD7/AC. Deletion mandated by a decision of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a></b>. At times the Arbitration Committee may determine that a logged item was sufficiently improper that the record should be formally deleted in the public log. The deletion reason should clearly link to the decision. Deletions under this criterion are considered to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AE">Arbitration Enforcement</a> matters and should not be overturned improperly; they may however be appealed.</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Log_redaction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Log_redaction-Criteria_for_redaction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Log_redaction-Criteria_for_redaction"></span>Log redaction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Log_redaction-Criteria_for_redaction"></span></h3></div> <p>Log redaction (outside of the limited scope of <a href="#2">RD#2</a> for the creation, move, and delete logs) is intended solely for grossly improper content, and is not permitted for ordinary matters; the community needs to be able to review users' block logs and other logs <b>whether or not proper</b>. Use of the RevisionDelete tool to redact block logs (whether the block log entry is justified or not) or to hide unfavorable actions, posts or criticisms, in a manner not covered by these criteria or without the required consensus or ArbCom agreement, <b><u>will usually be treated as abuse of the tool</u></b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hiding_oversightable_material_prior_to_Oversight" data-mw-thread-id="h-Hiding_oversightable_material_prior_to_Oversight-Criteria_for_redaction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Hiding_oversightable_material_prior_to_Oversight-Criteria_for_redaction"></span>Hiding oversightable material prior to Oversight<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Hiding_oversightable_material_prior_to_Oversight-Criteria_for_redaction"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="HIDINGBEFORESIGHT"></span> </p> <div style="border:black solid 1px;background-color:#e0e0ff; padding: 0 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em"> <p><i>Personal information</i> includes almost any material that is (or looks like it might be) actual claims, facts, hints, or allusions to non-public, personal, or private information (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">WP:Oversight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">WP:OUTING</a>). </p><p>It does not matter whether the privacy-breaching material was posted by the user themselves or by a third party, whether in good or bad faith, recently or in the past, whether accurate, whether the target is identifiable to the administrator, nor whether it is a statement, pointed speculation, or implied. </p> </div> <p>RevisionDelete can be used to hide any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight#Policy" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">privacy-breaching or defamatory posts</a> while waiting for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SIGHT">Oversight</a>. Since Oversight requests are not immediate, an administrator may provisionally delete the information from public view to minimize harm, then promptly <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFO">contact an oversighter</a>. </p><p>Even if the material is ultimately found not to be suppressible, <u>administrators are allowed to err on the side of caution, even in cases with an apparent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COI">conflict of interest</a></u>, provided it is in good faith and they quickly seek oversighter review. If the oversighter decides suppression was not appropriate, the material will be restored or RevisionDeleted instead. </p><p>Administrators should be aware that delete logs are public and scrutinized. Deletion may lead to extra attention at times. Only administrators can see the material when it is RevisionDeleted (and before oversight), but even so it may sometimes be more discreet to contact oversighters directly, and not use RevDelete first. A lot depends on the material itself. <strong>If RevisionDelete is used, avoid obvious suggestive terms in the reason (e.g. don't use "RD4", "oversight", "private material", "hiding IP of logged out user", etc.).</strong> </p><p>When hiding personally identifiable information related to an individual who can be contacted by email, it may be considered good manners to notify them that the information was deleted and hidden from public view. Providing such notice is at the administrator's discretion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes_on_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes_on_use-Criteria_for_redaction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes_on_use-Criteria_for_redaction"></span>Notes on use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes_on_use-Criteria_for_redaction"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt>It does not matter if the target is identifiable, just that it appears to have a target</dt> <dd>It is not necessary that the target be identifiable. It is sufficient that it <i>appears</i> to refer to some real person, organization, or group, or could be intended to <i>suggest</i> a specific target to the right reader. For example, a smear could target a person known locally by a nickname or other allusion that no Wikipedia administrator has heard of, but that is recognizable to people in that school, town, or social community. It is therefore not necessary the target(s) be identifiable, to treat the situation as if a target exists.</dd> <dt>Username hiding (copyright attribution issues)</dt> <dd>Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">licenses</a> require that accessible edits be linked to the user who performed them, so it is <b>generally a problem</b> to hide the username from a revision while leaving their edited changes to the page in public view.</dd> <dd>Cases where it <i>is</i> acceptable are: <ul><li>The revision contains no valid information copyrightable to the user who posted it (e.g. plagiarism, gibberish, vandalism, adding categories, no <a href="/wiki/Threshold_of_originality" title="Threshold of originality">copyrightable change</a> made to revision text, etc.); or</li> <li>All copyrightable changes have been reverted and the text of all intervening revisions has been hidden; or</li> <li>The user accidentally posted while being "logged out" and the aim is protection of privacy at the request of the user.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>High-traffic pages</dt> <dd>If redaction may be required on a busy page it can sometimes be worth an edit to take care of problematic text. If redaction is eventually required, fewer revisions will be affected.</dd> <dt>Guidelines mentioning revision deletion</dt> <dd>These are not additional criteria for revision deletion, but rather <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Guidelines">community-approved</a> interpretations of the existing criteria: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm</a> recommends revision deletion pending oversight for specific threats of suicide or self-harm.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Deletion_of_user_talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">Wikipedia:User pages § Deletion of user talk pages</a> allows revision deletion of userspace material to protect a user's privacy.</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Large-scale_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Large-scale_use"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Large-scale_use"></span>Large-scale use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Large-scale_use"></span></h2></div> <p>RevisionDelete is mainly intended for simple use and fairly recent material. Text that exists in numerous revisions (e.g. on busy pages) or which has been the subject of many others' comments may not be practical to redact. Redaction of such material should take into account how practical and effective redaction will be, how disruptive it would be (e.g. to others' valid posts), and whether redaction will <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">itself draw attention</a> to the issue. No hard line exists; judgment is required. </p><p>Administrators in this situation may wish to initially edit the page to revert or remove the grossly improper material, and then consult. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_request_revision_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_request_revision_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_request_revision_deletion"></span>How to request revision deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_request_revision_deletion"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REVDELREQUEST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REVDELREQUEST&redirect=no">WP:REVDELREQUEST</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>To request revision-deletion for copyright violations (<a href="#Criteria_for_redaction">RD1</a>), use <a href="/wiki/Template:Copyvio-revdel" title="Template:Copyvio-revdel">Template:Copyvio-revdel</a>. </p><p>To avoid the <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">Streisand effect</a>, there is no dedicated on-wiki forum for requesting revision deletion under other circumstances. You can send a message to any administrator in <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_handle_RevisionDelete_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests">Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests</a> either at their talk page or by <b>email</b>, especially if privacy is a concern. </p><p>You can also request revision deletion on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC" title="Wikipedia:IRC">IRC</a> using <span style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;">#wikipedia-en-revdel</span> <sup class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikipedia-en-revdel"><span style="color:green;">connect</span></a></sup>. Only use this for requests that are <b>urgent and should not be handled publicly</b> (<a href="#Criteria_for_redaction">RD2, RD3, and RD4</a>). In this channel, only administrators will be able to see your request. </p><p>Keep in mind that <b>if the revision you're reporting could be subject to oversight</b>, follow the procedures at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight" title="Wikipedia:Requests for oversight">WP:Requests for oversight</a> or email <i><span class="nowrap">oversight-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions"></span>Appeal and discussion of actions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Appeal_and_discussion_of_actions"></span></h2></div> <p>To contest or reverse revision-deletions, discuss with the deleting admin. For image revisions deleted under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:F5" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:F5">F5</a>, you may instead request undeletion at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion</a>. </p><p>Actions performed using this tool remain visible in the public logs. They are subject to review by other administrators (who can see redacted material), and to reversal upon clear, wider consensus. Such a review should take place at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">Administrators' noticeboard</a>. As with other administrative tools, good judgment and appropriate use are expected; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN#Misuse_of_administrative_tools" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">improper use</a> can lead to sanctions or desysopping. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Technical_details" data-mw-thread-id="h-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Technical_details"></span>Technical details<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Technical_details"></span></h2></div> <table style="float:right"> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png/400px-RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png/600px-RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/RevDelete_still_isn%27t_subtle.png 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="195"/></a><figcaption>The effects of two different visibility combinations on a page history. Redaction is shown to all users.</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On the English Wikipedia, the revision deletion feature is available in administrator mode to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">administrators</a> and in administrator and suppression mode to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversighters" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Oversighters">Oversighters</a> (all of whom are currently also administrators). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Functionality" data-mw-thread-id="h-Functionality-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Functionality-Technical_details"></span>Functionality<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Functionality-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <p>Page histories and logs have a button for administrators and oversighters that allows multiple entries to be redacted by selecting them from the list with checkboxes. On page histories, the button is <kbd class="nowrap button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find." style="padding:.2em .6em; border:1px solid; border-color:var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1); border-radius:3px; background-color: #F2F2F2; color: inherit; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa), var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0)); font-family:sans-serif;">Change visibility of selected revisions</kbd>; on logs it is <kbd class="nowrap button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find." style="padding:.2em .6em; border:1px solid; border-color:var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1); border-radius:3px; background-color: #F2F2F2; color: inherit; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa), var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0)); font-family:sans-serif;">Change visibility of selected log entries</kbd>. </p><p>When a revision or log entry is hidden from view in its entirety, it is displayed as shown to the right, with the elements hidden from view stricken and greyed out. The struck-out elements cannot be viewed by any usergroup which does not have the <code>deleterevision</code> right. A user who cannot access the relevant revisions and who tries to compare the revision with other revisions or access its <code>&oldid=</code> page will receive an error stating that the revision has been removed from the public archives. Similarly, looking up log entries or contributions by username will not show log entries where the username has been redacted. </p><p>The button can usually be clicked by an administrator to view selected redacted entries. It will appear in black if suppression has been applied, in which case both the redacted material and its deletion settings cannot be accessed by administrators or users who lack access to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SIGHT">oversight</a> tool. </p><p>Revision deletion actions are retained even when the revision or page is deleted in the traditional manner. If a page is later undeleted, data that was deleted with RevisionDelete will still remain deleted. </p><p>When redacting the log entry of a page move, note that it will also have been recorded as an edit summary in that page's history; it will need to be redacted as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Limitations_and_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Limitations_and_issues-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Limitations_and_issues-Technical_details"></span>Limitations and issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Limitations_and_issues-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>The revision text of the most recent edit on a page cannot be redacted. This is intentional. The content must be reverted first, to be redacted. Other fields (username and edit summary) can be redacted even on the most recent edit.</li> <li>If the edit to be redacted was not reverted in the edit immediately following it, all edits between it and its revert will contain the content of the edit. In this case, all of the intermediate edits must be redacted to fully hide the edit's contents.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revisions_stored_by_third_parties" data-mw-thread-id="h-Revisions_stored_by_third_parties-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Revisions_stored_by_third_parties-Technical_details"></span>Revisions stored by third parties<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Revisions_stored_by_third_parties-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <p>While a RevisionDelete is generally effective at removing sensitive information from the public eye, it does not impact third parties. Third parties may: </p> <ul><li>Capture revisions from the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recent_changes_stream#Explore_the_recent_changes_stream" class="extiw" title="mw:API:Recent changes stream">recent changes stream</a> before a RevisionDelete occurs</li> <li>Detect RevisionDeletes, even those made in "suppression" mode, by comparing revisions logged from the recent changes stream against the standard <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download" title="Wikipedia:Database download">database snapshot</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_visibility_settings" data-mw-thread-id="h-Changing_visibility_settings-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Changing_visibility_settings-Technical_details"></span>Changing visibility settings<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Changing_visibility_settings-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RevDelete_Special-RevisionDelete_(narrow).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/RevDelete_Special-RevisionDelete_%28narrow%29.png/400px-RevDelete_Special-RevisionDelete_%28narrow%29.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/RevDelete_Special-RevisionDelete_%28narrow%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="344"/></a><figcaption>The RevisionDelete dialog. The suppression option is included for completeness, although this is only visible to users with oversight access.</figcaption></figure> <p>To hide or unhide a revision or a log entry, select the relevant revision[s] or log entry/entries that you wish to show or hide with the checkbox[es] to its/their left, and click <kbd class="nowrap button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find." style="padding:.2em .6em; border:1px solid; border-color:var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1); border-radius:3px; background-color: #F2F2F2; color: inherit; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa), var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0)); font-family:sans-serif;">Change visibility of selected revisions</kbd> or <kbd class="nowrap button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find." style="padding:.2em .6em; border:1px solid; border-color:var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1); border-radius:3px; background-color: #F2F2F2; color: inherit; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa), var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0)); font-family:sans-serif;">Change visibility of selected log entries</kbd> as appropriate. Depending on your permissions, there may be either three or four options to choose from: </p> <ul><li>Delete revision text</li> <li>Delete edit comment</li> <li>Delete editor's username or IP</li> <li><b>Suppress data from administrators as well as others.</b> (only available to users with the <kbd>suppressrevision</kbd> right, namely oversighters)</li></ul> <p>In the visibility restrictions option area, tick the checkboxes next to each restriction you wish to apply to the selection, and provide a reason for the setting from the <i>Reason</i> dropdown menu. Optionally, enter further information into the text field. Once this information has been filled in, click <kbd class="nowrap button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find." style="padding:.2em .6em; border:1px solid; border-color:var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-interactive, #72777d) var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1); border-radius:3px; background-color: #F2F2F2; color: inherit; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa), var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0)); font-family:sans-serif;">Apply to selected revision</kbd> to apply the change. If this has been done correctly, a success message should be displayed. </p><p>Unhiding a revision or log entry follows the same procedure. Untick the checkboxes that you wish to unset in the visibility restriction options section, and provide a reason for the change. </p><p>Hiding of a username or IP should <b>only</b> be used where that username or IP has a reason <i>in and of itself</i> to be hidden, such as accidentally editing logged out or an attack username. Hiding a username will remove the contribution completely from the user's contributions list (except from administrators, who will see a warning indicating it is invisible to users), rather than a crossed out entry for deleted edits without hidden username. This will cause issues with users trying to review actions taken on the user, as well as potential copyright violation risks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries" data-mw-thread-id="h-RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries-Technical_details"><span id="RevisionDelete.27s_own_log_entries"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries-Technical_details"></span>RevisionDelete's own log entries<span data-mw-comment-end="h-RevisionDelete's_own_log_entries-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RevDelete_own_log_entries.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/RevDelete_own_log_entries.png/400px-RevDelete_own_log_entries.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/RevDelete_own_log_entries.png 1.5x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="99"/></a><figcaption>RevisionDelete's own log entries in the public <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">deletion log</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Use of RevisionDelete produces an entry in the public <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">deletion log</a>, or the private <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/suppress" title="Special:Log/suppress">suppression log</a> if used by an oversighter and <i>"Suppress data from administrators as well as others"</i> is checked. Log entries created in the public deletion log look like those displayed to the right, for page revision and log entries visibilities respectively. The options (<span style="color:#002ec0;">diff</span> | <span style="color:#002ec0;">change visibility</span>) provide an easy link to view or redact the underlying page revision to which the log entry refers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selective_undeletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Selective_undeletion-Technical_details"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Selective_undeletion-Technical_details"></span>Selective undeletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Selective_undeletion-Technical_details"></span></h3></div> <p>The older method of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Selective_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Selective deletion">selective undeletion</a> (i.e. delete the entire page then selectively restore revisions) as a method of deleting revisions is deprecated in favor of this system. While selective undeletion does still have a few valid uses (such as complex <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HISTMERGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HISTMERGE">history merges</a>), it should not be used to remove revisions from the page history, due to its relative lack of transparency and poor efficiency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Statistics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Statistics"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Statistics"></span>Statistics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Statistics"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion/Statistics" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion/Statistics">RevDel statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion/Examples" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion/Examples">Examples of what should and should <i>not</i> be redacted</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.andrew-g-west.com/docs/wikisym_11_revdel_final.pdf">Academic paper on RevDel usage, statistics, and impact</a> (presented at WikiSym'11)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_handle_RevisionDelete_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests">Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Oversight/Archive_3#Usage_of_RevisionDeleted" title="Wikipedia talk:Oversight/Archive 3">Wikipedia talk:Oversight/Archive 3#Usage of RevisionDeleted</a> (2009) – Stats on current oversight usage of the function.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Revdelete-reason-dropdown" title="MediaWiki:Revdelete-reason-dropdown">MediaWiki:Revdelete-reason-dropdown</a> – Configuration page for the RevDelete dropdown box.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion/Noticeboard">WP:Revision deletion/Noticeboard</a> (failed proposal, see "<a href="#How_to_request_Revision_Deletion">How to request Revision Deletion</a>")</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:RevisionDelete">mw:Help:RevisionDelete</a> – MediaWiki help page.</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:RevisionDelete">mw:Manual:RevisionDelete</a> – Technical page discussing the function.</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bitfields_for_rev_deleted" class="extiw" title="mw:Bitfields for rev deleted">mw:Bitfields for rev deleted</a> – Largely outdated technical discussion.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel" title="User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel">User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel</a> – Script to aid in tagging articles for 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