Wikipedia talk:Requests for permissions

Viewing the list of contributors to deleted pages

Unforgettableid (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs ^{(blocks · rights · moves)} · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)^{(acc · ap · ev · fm · mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te)}

Hi! There's no usual place to request the permission I want, so I'll ask here instead.

I've done a fair bit of CSD tagging of undisclosed paid puff pieces. It might be useful for me to be able to easily do two things:

• See who has created a deleted page.
• And, preferably, also see who has edited a deleted page.

Therefore, I'd like to be able to see the history metadata of deleted pages. This would include usernames, dates, and times. I don't really need to see edit summaries.

The closest user right to what I want is "deletedhistory". This right would let me "View deleted history entries, without their associated text". So, I could view revision usernames and edit summaries, but not the actual deleted-article text.

In the end:

• A) May I please get full the "deletedhistory" user right?
• B) And, if not, would it make sense to invent a new more-limited user right? This new user right would let the rights-holder get a partial view of deleted pages' history. The rights-holder could see the contributor usernames, but would be unable to see the edit summaries.

Kind regards, —Unforgettableid (talk) 19:53, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@Unforgettableid: as a non-admin, your current options are Special:Log/create, and page creations by a user at xtools. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:45, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Building on kiran's response, if you use WP:SUPERLINKS you can see the log entries for a page without leave the page. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:48, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

does it support mono skin? —usernamekiran (talk) 21:20, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Usernamekiran: see User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks#Notes. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 21:32, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Unforgettableid, Special:WhatLinksHere will lead you to the article's AFD/PROD/CSD notifications. In turn the user talk pages with those notices may lead you to their other contributions here, on Commons and Wikidata which may reveal more info. Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 23:10, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

• At the moment, the only way for you to get that userright is by becoming an administrator. Primefac (talk) 20:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

  Dear Primefac, and dear all: I'm not sure I'm eligible to become an administrator. Is it true that both right A and right B (as described above) are available only to administrators and to WMF-approved researchers? If so, could anyone guess: Why might this be? —Unforgettableid (talk) 21:44, 5 August 2020 (UTC); edited 22:03, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

  @Unforgettableid: because these revisions can contain components that are disruptive or illegal. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

@Unforgettableid: I believe that the information being requested here (without edit summaries) is actually publically available via the API or quarry (albeit in a format much more intelligible to computers than humans). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, the pure deletedrevisions list can be accessed (example) , this is less than the "deletedhistory" information. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:17, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't really need to see edit summaries., so that information appears to be sufficient. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:00, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@Unforgettableid: wrote a litte script for you- if you import User:SD0001/deleted-metadata-link.js from your common.js page, you'll see a link "See deleted revisions" above the red "A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted" notice, taking you to a fairly readable version of the API output. SD0001 (talk) 19:25, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Dear SD0001: Appreciated :) I've installed the script.

Dear all: Would it make sense for similar functionality to be built into MediaWiki?

Kind regards, —Unforgettableid (talk) 05:47, 3 September 2020 (UTC)