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Dennis
Dennis

Reputation: 8111

How can one permanently remove parts of history edits on MediaWiki?

I got a file uploaded to the wiki that is usually edited by a certain team. As an IT support person I got in to try a few things out with the file, when the team had trouble. As result, I have made an edit, and the team later rolled the edit back.

Problem: on File:filename.pdf under File History it now says things like

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The team wants to erase my edit and their revert from history altogether as if it had never happened.

How can I do that?

I have access to raw database if needed, but hoping there is a simple way.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2549

Answers (2)

Tgr
Tgr

Reputation: 28200

There should be a delete link next to the old versions of the image in the history section of the file page (if you are logged in as an administrator), just use that.

position of delete button

Upvotes: 2

leo
leo

Reputation: 8530

  1. If you can live with erasing the whole revision history of the page, you can use the maintenance script DeleteOldRevisions.php:

    php maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php --delete PAGEID

 

  1. Another option is to enable the RevisionDelete function. This will enable you, as a sysop, to hide specific (non-current) revisions from ordinary users: enter image description here

Edit: Tgr points out below that it is still possible to see that revisions hidden this way has been hidden.

Upvotes: 2

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