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.

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