Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Delete Pages

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Ben Hartshorne schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I am looking at the 'delete page' button, and am curious about how it
> works.
> 
> If I delete a page, what really happens?  
> 
> The root of my question is this - there are times when I delete a page
> that I want the data to become inaccessible, rather than just unlinked.
> 
> After deleting a page, it seems that
> * links to the page are now links to create the page, and I get a blank
>   slate
> * the page no longer shows up in page lists (owned by me, etc.)
> * if I address the page directly by URL, I can see the 'deleted'
>   content.
> 
> Is this accurate?  

Almost.
action=remove creates a new empty revision of a page.
And pagelists do not include the page anymore.

> I also see a button to irrecoverably delete orphaned pages.  Would this
> get rid of the 'deleted' content?  

yes.

> How does the purge button relate with the Calendar plugin and sub pages?
> Many of the calendar plugin pages don't have a direct link to them
> (especially after 1 month), so would they get deleted by the purge
> button?

yes.

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