From time to time, we come across plagiarized content in tag wikis or excerpts that we want to delete. Ideally, we'd rewrite it to something non-plagiarized, but we're not subject-matter experts on every subject, and we don't always have time to research it enough to write one with useful usage guidance.

Unfortunately, trying to edit out all the content results in an error:

Apparently, it is sometimes possible to do a rollback to an empty first revision; however, this option is only available if the first revision was a suggested edit, not a binding edit:

How can a moderator reliably delete the content of a tag wiki or excerpt?

From time to time, we come across plagiarized content in tag wikis or excerpts that we want to delete. Ideally, we'd rewrite it to something non-plagiarized, but we're not subject-matter experts on every subject, and we don't always have time to research it enough to write one with useful usage guidance.

Unfortunately, trying to edit out all the content results in an error:

Apparently, it is sometimes possible to do a rollback to an empty first revision; however, this option isn't always available:

How can a moderator reliably delete the content of a tag wiki or excerpt?

From time to time, we come across plagiarized content in tag wikis or excerpts that we want to delete. Ideally, we'd rewrite it to something non-plagiarized, but we're not subject-matter experts on every subject, and we don't always have time to research it enough to write one with useful usage guidance.

Unfortunately, trying to edit out all the content results in an error:

Apparently, it is sometimes possible to do a rollback to an empty first revision; however, this option isn't always available:

How can a moderator reliably delete the content of a tag wiki or excerpt?

From time to time, we come across plagiarized content in tag wikis or excerpts that we want to delete. Ideally, we'd rewrite it to something non-plagiarized, but we're not subject-matter experts on every subject, and we don't always have time to research it enough to write one with useful usage guidance.

Unfortunately, trying to edit out all the content results in an error:

Apparently, it is sometimes possible to do a rollback to an empty first revision; however, this option is only available if the first revision was a suggested edit, not a binding edit:

How can a moderator reliably delete the content of a tag wiki or excerpt?