**Author:** `rspeer`
**Description:**
The Pure Wiki Deletion System
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pure_wiki_deletion_system) is gaining a
good deal of support on en:, but before it can go anywhere, it needs to be
implemented in the software. The policy changes will be easier and more relevant
to discuss if the software already supports the new system.
We request these software changes:
* A link to a blank page should show up as a red link.
* When a user follows a link to a blanked page, the page should behave the same
way that deleted pages do now, except there will be an additional message, reading:
"A former version of this article was deleted by [USER NAME/IP] on [DATE]. The
reason given for deletion was: [EDIT SUMMARY]. You may view the article's
history, edit the last version, or type new article into the white space below."
* The blanking or unblanking of a page should be logged, and listed on
watchlists and recent changes like the other logs (the move log, the protection
log, etc.)
* Blanked pages should not show up in searches using Special:Search, random
pages using Special:Randompage, or the list of all pages using Special:Allpages.
* The URL prefix to a blank page should be listed in robots.txt, and the page
will emit "noarchive" and "noindex" and "nofollow" tags, to prevent caching in
search engines.
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**Version**: unspecified
**Severity**: enhancement