handling deleted pages (was:Re: [pmwiki-users] EmacsPmWikiMode?? Another Newb question...:))

[Grorge J. De Bruin]

> At 2005-02-13  11:18 AM -0600, Patrick R.
Michaud is rumored to have said:
> >Note that RecentChanges and AllRecentChanges
are
> >not created using (:pagelist:).  They're just
> >wiki pages (like any other page) that are
updated
> >whenever a page is changed.  So, when a page is
> >deleted, the links that exist on RecentChanges
> >become links to non-existent pages.  (This is
as it
> >should be, so that people can see that pages
have
> >been deleted and review things accordingly.)
> 
> Would it not make more sense if the record
inserted into RecentChanges for 
> a deleted page simply named the page, but did
not make it a link?

IMO - I agree with this concept...  I think that
many people don't want a new page created to
replace an old one that has been either renamed or
deleted.  I guess there could be some cases where
the maintainer of a site intends to have the moved
/ renamed pages replaced with new ones, but I
should think that an option to turn off this
handling would be a good idea.

// George