Help talk:Deletion and undeletion

delete "bac ? sable"
I have a corrupted entry in my database giving a "bac ? sable" instead of "bac à sable". I created a page "bac à sable" but can't delete "bac ? sable" anymore : it's always shown in "all pages". What should I do ? NewMorning 04:23, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Could be a mediawiki bug, or more likely I guess some problem with character encoding in your database set-up. I don't know. See Communication for other (better) places to ask this question. -- Harry Wood (talk) 11:59, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Can you use phpMyAdmin to Delete Pages?
I have dozens of pages, posted by spammers, that cannot be deleted, because of character mismatches like the previous poster's problem. Is there a safe way to remove them from the database using a tool like phpMyAdmin?

-- User:Sakshale 19:20, 28 January 2012


 * In general I would recommend against manipulating things in SQL directly (or with phpMyAdmin), and if you do, back up the whole DB first.
 * You should know that the revisions table is cross-linked from various other database tables, so just deleting an entry could put your database in an inconsistent state. Maybe a safer thing to do, would be to change the page_title in the Manual:Page table, to something easier like "DeleteMe", then see if that lets you find it and delete it via the normal web interface.
 * -- Harry Wood (talk) 12:13, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Unable to see delete tab
I have some wrong pages which I want to delete. Though I login as Sysop I am unable to see the delte tab to remove the wrong pages.

User:Guru


 * First of all, this page just said 'delete tab' for a long time, but more recent MediaWiki user interfaces changes put the delete option on a little drop-down. You should see 'Delete' as an option alongside 'Move',  if you are indeed a sysop.
 * Check you are in fact a sysop by going to Special:Listadmins. You should be listed there.
 * --Harry Wood (talk) 12:13, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Simple changes
I just registered because, sorry, I couldn't help altering a line in the text (I altered before registering). It read wrong. Hope that is okay.

--Reggie Mental 00:07, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion: Permanently delete a page
I would like to suggest a feature where you can permanently delete a page. If you delete a page, you can select to delete permanently on the archived page. I would like to be able to permanently delete a page as a way to clear up some space on the server that is being used for archived pages that for sure I will never undelete. --Atomicdragon136 (talk) 22:24, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There's deleteArchivedRevisions.php for this. --Nemo 04:49, 27 April 2018 (UTC)