Meta talk:Deletion policy/Archives/2007

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Redirects?

en.wikipedia has a speedy deletion criterium for "redirects to non-existent pages". I think this should be added in meta, if nobody opposes to it. en:Rjgodoy 21:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

We already have it M2. Cbrown1023 talk 21:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps an independent criterium would be easier to identify. en:Rjgodoy 21:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
A single criterion for redirects is more efficient. There isn't even any need to have "or broken", given that a broken redirect is obviously unneeded. —{admin} Pathoschild 06:05:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

en.wikipedia style span id

I have added targets to each criterium in WM:CSD. This way a criterium may be independently linked, for instance [[WM:CSD#G7|G7]] yields G7. The complete list of targets is G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7, A1, I1, I2, M1, M2, M3, M4. I have also introduced A as a synonym for A1. Lowercase version are also supported (for instance, g7 instead of G7). I have performed this modification without previous discussion because it is only of technical nature and does not affect WM:CSD content. en:Rjgodoy 21:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I removed the redundant lowercase anchors. I've never seen anyone use a lowercase speedy deletion criteria acronym, so the extra anchors only clutter the code and make long-term maintenance more difficult. —{admin} Pathoschild 06:09:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Note that Meta-Wiki does not

Note that Meta-Wiki does not back up deleted revisions, and they may be lost in the event of a serious server failure.

Shouldn't we remove that? as far as I know, everything is backed-up and if a serious server failure happened in meta its no different from any other wiki..or there is another meaning?--The Joke النكتة‎ 02:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

According to Tim Starling, the text in the deleted archive is not backed up, so this statement is still true. However, it is replicated, so a single server going down wouldn't cause a problem. Angela 03:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
If that is case, then this line should be placed on other projects as well..what do you think?--The Joke النكتة‎ 03:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
According to Kate (another root developer), they are backed up. I'm not sure who is right, although Tim Starling has more experience as a MediaWiki developer. —{admin} Pathoschild 03:50:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, they may be backed up but as brion says..are subject to being cleared or removed at anytime..so perhaps it should be changed to that other than server-related stuff..--The Joke النكتة‎ 06:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion general criterion #7

General criterion #7 should be clarified. It refers to "the Wikimedia Foundation", but it should also refers to Meta-Wiki, or more generally to the Wikimedia community (as suggested by Angela[1]), as pages directly unrelated to the Wikimedia Foundation but rather to the community (essays, humor...) are appropriate on Meta. Thoughts? Thanks in advance, Korg 01:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I've changed it to "the Wikimedia Foundation or to the Wikimedia editing community'"; how is that? —{admin} Pathoschild 02:37:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
That looks fine to me. Thank you, Pathoschild. Korg 15:42, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
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