Thanks everyone for your input.
The issue that made me ask my question actually arose from en.wp:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Coix_lacryma-jobi_var._ma-yuen
Basically, someone forked an article and various people (rightly) repointed
some subtopic redirects to the new
Deryck Chan, 18/04/19 17:22:
I can't find relevant info in the documentation so I've come to ask here
- Is it possible to run a keyword search in deleted page content?
The default answer is "no". Alternatives have been most often discussed
in relation to research projects on the archive
Hi Deryck,
It might help if you provide us with any of the other known aspects, e.g.
topic-area, last known time of existence, etc.
If I was looking, my first step with just the current info, would probably
be to open the Special:Log/delete at the relevant wiki, expand it to 500
entries, and try
AFAIK nope, you can just search for title prefixes.
Vito
Il giorno gio 18 apr 2019 alle ore 16:23 Deryck Chan
ha scritto:
> Hello ambassadors.
>
> I can't find relevant info in the documentation so I've come to ask here -
> Is it possible to run a keyword search in deleted page content?
>
>
