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Doesn't that use a different deletion mechanism? Afaik you can still see "normally" deleted edits and articles if you have the revision link, but those who have
by mardifoufs 3y ago
Doesn't that use a different deletion mechanism? Afaik you can still see "normally" deleted edits and articles if you have the revision link, but those who have been deleted for legal reasons are wiped from history and their revision or edit link are blanked out
- duskwuff 3y ago> Doesn't that use a different deletion mechanism? Generally not. There is a separate process called "oversight" [1] which behaves the way you're describing, but it can only be invoked by a very small number of privileged users, and is only used in extreme cases. [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy