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:: ''We have over 800 in the archive right now [[:Category:Inactive]]. It had been a decision at the outset to keep the pages of dead wiki for historical purposes. The question can be raised to folks to see if we should just delete them. I think that we have a unique position in the wiki world to show the projects that have failed. Am open to figuring out a new policy. But maybe till that is decided, keep them...? Best, [[MarkDilley]]'' | :: ''We have over 800 in the archive right now [[:Category:Inactive]]. It had been a decision at the outset to keep the pages of dead wiki for historical purposes. The question can be raised to folks to see if we should just delete them. I think that we have a unique position in the wiki world to show the projects that have failed. Am open to figuring out a new policy. But maybe till that is decided, keep them...? Best, [[MarkDilley]]'' | ||
:::I agree that it's good to keep them for historical reasons, if only so that people searching for the wiki can find out that it's dead rather than continuing to futilely look for it. Also, in some cases we might be able to provide a few scraps of info that could help people track down the people who were involved with the wiki, e.g. in case they want to start a similar wiki and want some pointers or database dumps. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 11:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC) | :::I agree that it's good to keep them for historical reasons, if only so that people searching for the wiki can find out that it's dead rather than continuing to futilely look for it. Also, in some cases we might be able to provide a few scraps of info that could help people track down the people who were involved with the wiki, e.g. in case they want to start a similar wiki and want some pointers or database dumps. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 11:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC) | ||
:::: Maybe, if those who started the dead wiki are not dead themselves ;-) They might add some information to the WikiIndex that might help to figure out what went wrong, how to do better or that it is no good idea at all to try for such wiki again. Like when one wiki merged with another, the dead wiki entry could point to the active one, where it is contained. Manorainjan (unable to create account) | |||
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