Manual:Page deletion

Page deletion occurs when a page is deleted by the action=delete param>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters to index.php|parameter to index.php or by .

All of the revisions in the page are moved from the  table to the  table and the  entry is deleted.

The page deletion system is entirely separate from the revdel>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Revision deletion|revision deletion system, which changes the value of while leaving the affected row(s) in the revision table and leaving the page table unchanged.

Hooks

 * - occurs before writing the confirmation form for article deletion
 * - occurs whenever the software receives a request to delete an article
 * - occurs after the delete article request has been processed