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Content removal is the removal of material that provides information from an article, without deleting the article itself. While an entire page can be deleted only via the deletion process (ultimately completed by an administrator), even a single unregistered editor can boldly remove part of a page. It is an editorial decision that is easy to ...
On Wikipedia, reverting means undoing or otherwise negating the effects of one or more edits, which typically results in the page (or a part of it) being restored to a previous version (in exact wording or in meaning). Partial reversion involves restoring one part of the page to a previous version, but leaving other contributions intact.
Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any 1 page and improve articles immediately. You do not need to register to do this, and anyone who has edited is known as a Wikipedian or editor. Small edits add up, and every editor can be proud to have made Wikipedia better for all. There are two editing interfaces: the new VisualEditor (VE ...
Deleting specific text within a page: Undesirable text can be removed by anyone by editing the page. However, the text will remain publicly accessible in the article history. If this is unacceptable, then an administrator can permanently delete the content, and it will only be visible to administrators.
Redaction. Redaction or sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. It is intended to allow the selective disclosure of information. Typically, the result is a document that is suitable for publication or for dissemination to others rather than the intended ...
Stop words are the words in a stop list (or stoplist or negative dictionary) which are filtered out (i.e. stopped) before or after processing of natural language data (text) because they are deemed insignificant. [1]
The purpose of a page's associated talk page (accessible via the talk or discussion tab) is to provide space for editors to discuss editing that page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject. When talk pages in other namespaces (including userspace) are used for discussion and ...
First, add the text { {subst:afd}} to the top of the article, and save the page. This adds a deletion 'tag' to the page. On the tag that now appears at the top of the article, find the link labelled "Preloaded debate" and click it. Follow the instructions that appear. Discussions last for seven days, at the end of which an administrator will ...