Maybe we can put a do-not-index file in the wiki somehow for this archive area so that this material won't be indexed. Of course that would also make it hard for *us* to find it.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM Steve Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > I think some obsolete pages probably still provide valuable information > for > developers as a way to show things we considered and decided not to > implement or > things we implemented and decided to remove. It's a useful resource if we > ever > want to revisit those past ideas, or as a reference to show things we > tried and > why they failed. > > But some pages probably really don't provide much value anymore, e.g. > steps to > do XYZ that are no longer relevant. Those kinds of pages are probably safe > to > delete. For example, the old "Release Workflow" page probably doesn't > provide > value anymore and can be deleted. > > Maybe what we do is create a new top-level "Archive" or "Obsolete" page, > and we > can move any obsolete pages that we want to keep around to be child pages > of > that page? That will keep pages around for reference, but reduce clutter > in the > sidebar page tree. We could also add a banner at the top of those pages in > case > anyone finds a page via a search engine. > > As a first step, if we don't want to think about obsolete vs delete, we > could > move all obsolete pages to the archive, and then think about which pages > to > actually delete at later date. > > > > On 2025-10-31 03:16 PM, Mike Beckerle wrote: > > So we're building up a body of wiki pages that are obsolete. > > > > The wiki gets indexed by search engines. That could lead people to > obsolete > > information. > > > > Should we just delete obsolete pages? > > > > Maybe move them to an obsolete pages area so that their URLs will clearly > > show they are obsolete? > > > > Or just edit their titles to add "Obsolete" as the first word? > > > > The issue is that these pages often have some residual value, and it's > not > > like these are checked in to a git repo. Once we delete the pages I think > > they are gone forever. > > > > > > Mike Beckerle > > Apache Daffodil PMC | daffodil.apache.org > > OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | > www.ogf.org/ogf/doku.php/standards/dfdl/dfdl > > Owl Cyber Defense | www.owlcyberdefense.com > > > >
