Essay talk:Deletions and oversightings

Can I ask a question that points out my ignorance of all things wikiscript? What is a "deletion" and why is it not availableto some editors, but it is (apparently) to others? En attendant Godot 21:05, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

A deletion here is the removal of a revision from the history of a page, hiding from viewers the changes it made and its author. Ken customarily follows this by oversighting the deletion - removing the entry for the deleted revision and the deletion itself, to eliminate it as effectively as possible from existence. Probably a better explanation can be found at the links to WP from the essay, though, I'd imagine.--^talk 22:44, 7 September 2011 (UTC)