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==Deleting a page==
#Click the ''delete'' or ''delete this page'' link on the page you want to delete.
#You will be shown a page with a box to type in the reason for deletion, and a confirm box. This page will give you a warning if the page has more than one revision in its history. If something looks like nonsense but has a page history, check the history before deleting it! The revision you are looking at could be just a
#Type your reason for deletion in the box provided. If it is a very short page, the box will contain the page text. For pages that are obviously vandalism, you may wish to leave the full text as the reason. In other cases, you should specify why you are deleting it. (For example, "this page is not about the subject of this wiki" or "this page is a copyright violation".)
#After you have deleted the page, check to see if it has a talk page. If it does, delete this too.
#If the page is being deleted because it should not exist, check that nothing links to it to
#Follow any other guidelines for deleting
Note: Other users, who can't delete pages may label them to [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]].
==Deleting an image==
#Check that you really want to delete the image! Image deletion is not reversible, so please be careful when doing this.
#Click on the image to be deleted, or follow the image link (for example, [[:
#To delete all revisions of an image, click "delete all revisions of this image" where it appears in the image history. You may also click "delete" at the top of the page the same way you might for an article.
#To delete an older revision of an image, you must click the ''del'' link which appears next to that revision of the image.
#:If there is more than one revision of an image, clicking the "Delete all revisions of this image" will do exactly that. You
#After clicking ''Delete all revisions of this image'', you will see a confirmation screen similar to that used for page deletion. The deletion will be logged at [[Special:Log/delete]]. Again, remember
#If the image has a talk page, delete this too.
==Undeleting a page==
Pages can be undeleted for as long as they are in the archive. This archive is occasionally cleared out.
#To restore a page that has not been recreated, look for a message on the page telling you how many deleted revisions there are. To restore a page that has been recreated, this message will appear when you view the page history. (You can also type the full URL to undelete; for example,
#Click on this to go to a page which displays the deleted revisions. You can look at each revision separately, and choose whether to undelete ''all'' revisions (the default) or selected ones.
#To undelete all revisions, click the ''restore'' button which appears on the confirmation page. (Undeletion occurs as soon as you click this; there is no further confirmation screen or a place to type a reason.)
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==Protecting or unprotecting a page or image==
#Click the ''protect'' or ''protect this page'' link. It is a common mistake to protect pages unnecessarily. (If you are using the
#:If you are protecting an image, click "protect" on the image description page. When an image is protected, both the page and the image are protected. The image description page will be protected, and non-sysops will not be able to revert the image to an earlier version, or upload a new version over it.
#You will see a confirmation screen. Enter the reason for protection in the box, check the ''confirm'' box
#If your wiki has a
Unprotection is done in exactly the same way
==Editing a protected page==
Click ''edit this page'' in the normal way. The only difference is the warning at the top of the page reminding you the page is protected. Please check whether your wiki has a protection policy before doing this;
==Block a user or IP==
Please check whether your wiki has a policy on this! Remember that blocks should only be used
#Click the ''block'' link that appears next to the IP or username in recent changes or go to [[Special:Blockip]].
#If you went directly to [[Special:Blockip]], fill in the name or IP of the user you want to block in the first field.
#:To block a range of IPs, enter the range in this field instead. If you do not know how to do this, please read [[m:Range blocks]]. If you need help right away because of high-speed vandalism attacks, contact
#Fill in the length of the block in the second
#Add the reason for the block in the third field. This reason should explain to the user why they are blocked according your wiki's blocking policy. Remember that other users may be innocently affected by the block and will see this message, so do not put anything offensive, confusing
#Click the ''block this user'' button. This will be logged at [[Special:Log/block]] and the user will appear in the [[Special:Ipblocklist|list of blocked IP addresses and usernames]] until the block expires.
==Unblock a user, IP
#Go to [[Special:Ipblocklist]] and find the user you want to unblock.
#:If you want to undo an ''autoblock'' on a user with the same IP address as a blocked user, you will need to know the number assigned to the block, which will show up in the block message when the user tries to edit. You do not need to know the user's IP address, but simply unblocking the username will not lift the block.
#Click the ''unblock'' link next to the user, IP, or range you wish to unblock. If a range is blocked, you need to unblock the whole range. It isn't possible to unblock a specific IP from that range.
#Fill in the reason for the unblock on the confirmation page. This will be logged at [[Special:Log/block]]
==Using sysop revert==
Any user can remove vandalism from a page, but administrators have a ''rollback'' button to make this easier. To revert the edits of one user to the last version by the previous author:
#Click ''rollback'' on the page history,
#In cases of large
==Merging page histories==
Merging page histories is a means of fixing cut and paste moves where the histories do not overlap. This action is not reversible, so please do not attempt it unless you understand the procedure.
#Decide which title the merged article should have. For example, take two pages, "Bird Seed" and "Birdseed". In our example, say it's "Birdseed". Delete the article currently at this title. (You should provide as the reason for deletion "merging page history" or something similar.)
#Move the other page to that new title. (So, move "Bird Seed" to "
#Delete the page. ("Birdseed"—which had the content you moved from "Bird Seed".)
#Undelete the page. The deleted revisions from ''both'' pages will now be available to restore.
==Editing the interface==
Please note that changing some pages, such as [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Monobook.js]]
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