Admin Forum:Revision deletion

Has Wikia ever considered giving administrators the power of revdelete? There are instances of grossly degrading, offensive or otherwise obscene edits that we don't want people to see, especially on a wiki like iCarly or Phineas and Ferb that young children frequent. My administrators would use it wisely.  Eric the Grape talk 13:52, August 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Admins on large wikis are sometimes given right such as this, for example, some of the Call of Duty wiki admins have Checkuser. It's only on an as-needed basis, however, and only through Special:Contact.
 * As a work around, you can delete the page, and then restore everything but the bad revision(s) --  Random Time  14:03, August 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Would there be a lot of abuse if admins had revdel?  Eric the Grape talk 14:10, August 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep. That's also why most admins don't have checkuser. If you need something revisiondeleted, you can Special:Contact about it, and staff will take care of it.
 * Unfortunately, the availability of checkuser doesn't seem to have any criteria and mostly appears to be a form of favoritism on Wikia's part. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 20 Aug 2011 11:38 PM Pacific
 * There are three criteria for receiving CheckUser, that we only give on very rare circumstances:
 * The wiki needs to be very large with a clear history of persistent vandalism.
 * The admin needs to be someone that Wikia is familiar with and has a good working relationship with.
 * The above is important because we are entrusting the admin with very private data.
 * Eric the Grape, please use Special:Contact to report what is happening on your wiki and why you are requesting revdelete. Good luck! --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 02:44, August 23, 2011 (UTC)