Wikipedia:Revision deletion/Oversighter

This proposal has become dormant through lack of discussion by the community. It is inactive but retained for historical interest. If you want to revive discussion on this subject, try using the talk page or start a discussion at the village pump.

Current status: RevisionDelete is newly introduced (2009). The interface and integration with other deletion tools are being refined at this time. It is therefore being used live by Oversighters, who are in effect acting as beta testers, with a view to later rollout to administrators generally.

This page in a nutshell: RevisionDelete is an oversighter function used to redact grossly improper posts and log entries. It can also be used by oversighters to redact posts that breach the Wikimedia Foundation Hiding Revisions policy. It may be enabled for administrators in the future. The tool should be used in accordance with the criteria for use.

RevisionDelete is a software feature that allows individual entries in a page history or log to be removed from public view. RevisionDelete can hide the text of a revision, the username that made the edit or action, or the edit or log summary.

On the English Wikipedia, criteria exists to govern the use of RevisionDelete, which are outlined below. Use of RevisionDelete by Oversighters in "Suppression" mode is covered separately by the Oversight/suppression policy.