[Wikitech-l] Proposal: namespace Archived for mediawiki.org

2023-05-31 Thread Derk-Jan Hartman
I'm proposing we introduce a new namespace on mediawiki.org. The namespace name will be Archived (numerical id to be determined) and its purpose will be to hold pages like "Subversion" that have the template "historical" applied to it. These pages would move info that namespace and you would get A

[Wikitech-l] Re: Proposal: namespace Archived for mediawiki.org

2023-05-31 Thread Thiemo Kreuz
What are the benefits you are hoping for? I understand that pages in the proposed namespace will not show up in search results any more, unless I specifically search in this namespace. While this can be beneficial, it can also have negative effects. If old pages are excluded users will often get s

[Wikitech-l] Re: Proposal: namespace Archived for mediawiki.org

2023-05-31 Thread Johan Jönsson
I'm sure others have better thoughts than I have on the proposed solution, but I agree this is a problem; I would really appreciate better ways to sort away things which are not only outdated but only historically relevant because it's about a tool or extension which is no longer installed or maint

[Wikitech-l] Re: Proposal: namespace Archived for mediawiki.org

2023-05-31 Thread Andre Klapper
Thanks for bringing this up! Some comments below. On Wed, 2023-05-31 at 12:11 +0200, Derk-Jan Hartman wrote: > I'm proposing we introduce a new namespace on mediawiki.org. > > The namespace name will be Archived (numerical id to be determined) > and its purpose will be to hold pages like "Subvers

[Wikitech-l] Phabricator monthly statistics - 2023-05

2023-05-31 Thread aklapper
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