https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21312
--- Comment #7 from FT2 <ft2.w...@gmail.com> 2009-10-29 16:00:06 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5) > What about copyvios? What about people who just want > to clear the history of their userpage? Both are easily handled by RevisionDelete. In the former case the copyvio is placed out of public access completely, and inaccessible to non-admins, but the editor's name is not (it's not a copyvio), nor is the fact there was a deletion. Net benefit. In the latter case a user who wants to completely delete their user page or talk page can. But a user who wants to selectively remove some material, it's again arguably beneficial that the record shows there were edits there at some point, otherwise the record has actually become falsified; the page history is made to appear as if nothing took place when in fact a great deal may have taken place. Redaction's more honest. Per comment #5, a site by site on disabling selective deletion would be fine. The problem is that right now selective deletion is breaking links everywhere, badly. Doing this would allow an easy fix to all that, probably _much_ easier than trying to fix major link-breaking bug #21279, while simultaneously improving history merges and copypaste fixes (comment #3) and improving transparency of page histories where selective deletion is traditionally used (comment #5). That in itself could be compelling, if delete link breakage can't be otherwise easily fixed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
