I moved the wiki page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Relations to create a page with German title. Due to a typo the page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Relatioen was created. Realising this I moved this wrong page to the desired page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Relationen and fixed the redirect page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=DE:Relations&redirect=no. I couldn't delete the now obsolete redirect page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Relatioen but changed it at least. |
The answer is, you can't do it. As an ordinary user you can't delete a page. So the procedure is to remove all content from the page and replace it with {{Delete|reason}}. In this case you're removing the #REDIRECT and replace that with {{Delete|created by mistake}}. You can expect a wiki admin to delete the page fully within a few weeks. The MediaWiki user help has a section on deleting a page written by some very wise chap :-) As explained on that site, there are often better alternatives to deleting, but in this case the page should be deleted. It's clear-cut. Note that the Delete label template is intended to be used in cases where the delete is clear-cut and should always replace all content of the page. In a case where you feel that a page should be deleted, but you're not confident enough to delete the content yourself (or disputed / potentially deputed deletes), you should use {{delete proposal}} instead (Template:Delete proposal) The reason a normal user is not allowed to delete a page, is the principle of reversible change. On a busy wikis which must also be vandal-proof, all user changes must be reversible by other users. In actual fact MediaWiki applies this principle to admin users too, so when an admin 'deletes' a page, this change can still be reversed by other admin users. So it turns out we never save any database space by deleting pages. The only benefit is de-cluttering search results. answered 23 Jul '10, 10:58 Harry Wood Tordanik This is weird. I read http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Deleting_a_page/id, the titles are in Catalan and they say why I should remove a page or not but not how. No word of {delete proposal}. Is "proposal" to be replaced by an explanation or to be typed as such and how then do I explain? I have to delete a page for a .PNG file not because, "the contents are entirely inappropriate and do not match the purposes of the Wiki" but because I created a .SVG file. Should I really "delete the contents", loosing the pointers to the images, etc. Fuzzy.
(29 Oct '13, 20:49)
Papou
@Papou: just look at the section "About this template" on the the template's page. It explains the use. You just place the text Anyway,do not take it too hard! A
(29 Oct '13, 21:19)
aseerel4c26 ♦
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It's rather harmless to keep it around. To delete it you'd need administrator privileges. If you add {{delete|reason}} to the page it will be added to Category:Labelled for deletion and eventually an admin should get to it. I don't know if that will happen. answered 23 Jul '10, 04:02 NE2 |