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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.
On Wikipedia, access keys allow you to do a lot more—protect a page, show page history, publish your changes, show preview text, and so on. See the next section for the full list. Most web browsers require holding down one or two modifier keys to use an access key.
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).
To get Wikipedia search results while on any web page, you can temporarily set your browser's (web-based) search box to interface the Wikipedia search engine and land on Wikipedia's search results page. This trick removes the need to first navigate to Wikipedia from a web page, and then do the search or navigation. It is a temporary change, and ...
First, read Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted? (shortcut: WP:WWMPD). Among other things, this page explains how to find out why an article was deleted. If an article was deleted as a result of a proposed deletion, any administrator will usually restore it upon reasonable request. Follow the link at WP:WWMPD to post such a request.
The page should contain a red box stating "A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted", followed by the reason for deletion. The title may also be found in deletion notifications on the talk page of the creator. Highlight the exact title of the page (something like "Draft:Foo bar") and copy it.
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