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If the page has recently been deleted: the deletion report (who deleted it, when and why). If the page was deleted after 23 December 2004 (the date of the MediaWiki 1.4 upgrade), all deletions and restorations will appear. If the page has not been restored yet: the deleted page history. To undelete all revisions, simply press the Restore button.
Admins may wish to see deleted pages for various reasons, including while participating at DRV, explaining why a page was deleted, or investigating a potential sockpuppet. Some admins also provide copies of deleted pages to non-admins while completing similar tasks. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to view a deleted page without restoring it.
Sensitive legal matters may be deleted, and, for that reason, increasing the size of the group who can view such deleted material could arguably increase WMF's liability. In addition, OTRS agents could risk personal liability by undeleting content that had been originally deleted for legal reasons (either by the community or WMF).
When two pages are merged, typically one becomes a redirect. In this case, the revision history of the redirect is kept. When a page is deleted, its revision history remains in the database and can be retrieved by an administrator, who can also undelete the page (see Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages).
Reverting on Wikipedia refers to the process of undoing or otherwise negating the effects of one or more edits, typically restoring the page, or a section of it, to a previous version in either exact wording or meaning. This action can take various forms.
Wikipedia administrators often delete pages and media in accordance with our deletion policy. This page explains how to find out why a particular page or file was removed, and what you can do about a deletion you disagree with. Do not despair: none of the information on a "deleted" page has actually been lost. Continue reading for details.
I'm not sure where best to ask this so I'm starting here. Suppose an article has been deleted and then undeleted using selective revisions. Suppose further a revision that was not restored not only contained an addition (personal information) but also removed some text.
On Wikipedia, many pages are deleted each day through the processes outlined below. Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and all previous versions from public view. Page blanking can be performed (or reverted) by any user, but only administrators can perform deletion, [1] view deleted pages, and reverse ("undelete") any ...