>I've always thought that blanking the page and replacing it with a template which says it's historical and *links* to the historical version of the page would be a good solution that balances preserving history with deemphasizing outdated information.
This would make info show up in searches still, which we definitely do not want. Seems that deleting is a better option. On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Neil P. Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > I've always thought that blanking the page and replacing it with a > template which says it's historical and *links* to the historical version > of the page would be a good solution that balances preserving history with > deemphasizing outdated information. > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Dan Andreescu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > We have a documentation cleanup day coming up soon, and we've just got >>> > delete permissions so we can actually clean. >>> >>> Please don't delete old content, mark it as {{historical}} or >>> {{outdated}} and archive it instead. >>> >> >> I'm all for following the norm here, but wouldn't that mean it still >> shows up in searches? That's what I'm trying to avoid, minimizing the >> confusion. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> >> > > > -- > Neil P. Quinn <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Neil_P._Quinn-WMF>, > product analyst > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >
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