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Pages can be deleted or removed from MediaWiki when spammers, abusers, and vandals deface pages or create unwanted pages on your site. When \u201cdeleting<\/em>\u201d a page, the page is actually not deleted. MediaWiki will remove the page from the site In the event a page was deleted by accident, you can restore the page from the deleted pages list.<\/p>\n

To prevent users from defacing your MediWiki site, you can restrict teh users from accessing the site. Visit the Adding \/ Removing account access features in MediaWiki<\/a> learn more about tutorial. The following section will explain the steps to delete\/remove and restore pages in MediaWiki.<\/p>\n

Steps to delete and restore pages<\/h2>\n

Deleting a page<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Log into MediaWiki<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to the page<\/strong> you want to delete.<\/li>\n
  3. \"Select<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Click the drop arrow<\/strong> on the right top of the page and select Delete<\/strong>.
    <\/p><\/li>\n

  4. \"Click<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    The page will show Delete \u201cthe page name\u201d.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

    Select the reason for deleting the page.<\/p>\n

    Click<\/strong> the Delete page<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

    Note!<\/strong> Deleted pages can be restored at a later date. The pages are removed from the site; however, they can be made available again if the page was deleted by accident.<\/p>\n

    The page is now removed from the wiki.<\/p>\n


    <\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to restore a deleted page<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Log into MediaWiki<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Click Special pages<\/strong> on the left hand side in the sidebar.<\/li>\n
    3. \"View<\/a>\n
      <\/div>\n

      In the page tools section, click View deleted pages<\/strong>.
      <\/p><\/li>\n

    4. \"The<\/a>\n
      <\/div>\n

      On the Search deleted pages page, click \u201cthe deletion log\u201d<\/strong>.
      <\/p><\/li>\n

    5. \"View<\/a>\n
      <\/div>\n

      On the recent deleted pages section, find the page that was deleted and click view\/restore<\/strong> in the deleted pages information.
      <\/p><\/li>\n

    6. \"Restore<\/a>\n
      <\/div>\n

      The Restore revisions option will display for restoring the page. In the reason text box, enter the reason for restoring the page. In this case, we entered \u201cDeleted by Accident<\/em>\u201c. <\/p>\n

      Click restore.<\/strong>
      <\/p>\n

      \"Page<\/a><\/p>\n

      <\/div>\n

      MediaWiki will confirm that the page was restored on the View and restore pages<\/strong> page.
      <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pages can be deleted or removed from MediaWiki when spammers, abusers, and vandals deface pages or create unwanted pages on your site. When \u201cdeleting\u201d a page, the page is actually not deleted. 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