Help:Deletion and undeletion/fr

Normal users cannot permanently delete a wiki page. This is a deliberate design feature, and is an important part of why wikis work. Every kind of editing operation can be reverted by any other user, and that includes resurrecting deleted content. It doesn't cause significant wasted space; and with nothing but a 'delete' label, the page is effectively deleted anyway.

Deleting a page is, on the other hand, a straightforward operation for anyone with sysop permissions: it allows to semi-permanently remove a page from the wiki, until a sysop undeletes (restores) it with the same ease. Typically sysops might look for delete labels, and do a proper delete on these pages, after a period of time. If for some reason you need a page to be deleted more quickly than that, you will need to contact a sysop to request this.

Revision deletion offers a more granular feature of deletion for edits with peculiar problems.

Before deleting
Sysops should also be aware of the general advice given on When not to delete a page: in particular, there are many situations where a deletion is too drastic. For example, a redirect is often more appropriate.

Before deleting you could perform various checks:


 * Use the "What links here" tool. This gives an indication as to how important a page is, and what subjects it relates to. Perhaps the page is still linked to prominently from many places. All incoming links will become red links if you proceed with the delete. Ideally all incoming links should be changed/removed, if there is genuinely no need for this page to exist. You could do this work prior to deleting, or ask others in the wiki community to do it.


 * Check the page history and the associated talk page. Who was proposing the deletion? Does anyone disagree? Has it been properly discussed? Did people have adequate time to raise objections? Did somebody vandalize a page, which then led to a deletion proposal?

The care taken over these things might depend on the size of the wiki community, and how clear-cut the case for deletion is. Remember that only sysop users can undo a delete action, so to a normal user the information appears to be lost forever.

Use the 'delete' action
Sysops should see a 'delete' tab or action menu option at the top of every page. To find the action menu, look for a down arrow or triangle next to the "View History" tab. If you mouse over the triangle you should see "delete", "move", "protect" and "watch". Click the delete action to delete the page. When using browsers which support keyboard shortcuts, you can also use (Control-Alt-D). You will be asked to confirm, and to supply a "Reason for deletion". This is a short textual description of why the page is being deleted. Your action will appear on the recent changes display, and in the deletion log (Special:Log).

Remember only the administrator can delete uploaded photograph files.

Undeleting
To undelete a page you must navigate to the exact page name of the page. You can find this in the deletion log (Special:Log) if you don't remember it.

You should then see a link to "View or restore n deleted edits". Tick the box next to the revision you wish to restore.

Configuring deletion reasons
The list of reasons in the dropdown box is maintained at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown.

When not to delete a page
Une page doit être supprimée quand son contenu est entièrement inapproporé et ne correspond pas au contenu que voudrait avoir le wiki. Dans d'autres situations, vous pourriez opter pour une solution moins extreme comme :


 * La page devrait avoir un autre nom, Help:Moving a page/fr avec un meilleur titre.


 * Le contenu aurait la place dans une autre page, fusionnez le contenu dans une autre page et créez une Help:Redirects/fr.


 * The contents are already on a different page -- Delete the duplicate content and leave a redirect. That way, the page title, which made sense to somebody, will helpfully redirect to the information. See Help:Redirects


 * La page n'est plus à jour, alors mettez-la à jour. Si elle décrivait un événement en cours ou futur qui s'est passé alors remplacez le temps des verbes pour le passé. Il est également possible d'indiquer qu'elle n'est plus à jour.


 * Don't delete redirects.

En fait, une suppression ne devrait avoir lieu que quand le titre de la page n'est pas approprié. Sinon une fusion et une redirection serait plus approprié.

Proposer des modifications
Décider si le contenu ou le titre d'un article est approprié peut s'avérer difficile pour la communauté et provoquer des débats. Si la suppression peut être sujette à débats, alors il est préférable d'en discuter avant la suppression de la page. Vous pouvez le faire sur la page de discussion. Il est également possible de créer un modèle ou une page centralisée pour informer la communauté de vos intentions.

Supprimer les liens
Si une page n'est plus utile, alors il est préférable de ne plus avoir de liens vers elle. Vous pouvez utiliser le lien 'pages liées' dans la boîte à outils à gauche pour avoir la liste des pages qui contiennent un lien vers cette page. Utilisez toujours cette fonctionnalité avant de supprimer une page pour supprimer les liens vers cette page.