User:Al83tito/History of Wikipedia

Wikipedia's historical data storage and accessibility --THIS page was last substantively updated on___--

There are two big parts toxt Wikipedia: the "front-facing" part, the actual articles, portals, main page most that readers get to see, and then the articles that deal with all the inner workings in the constructions of the encyclopedia: Pages on guidelines, policies, userpages, talk pages, projects, essays, etc.

Pretty much all that data, both in its current form and all prior iterations, are kept and remain publicly available.

Two exceptions to that are some data of the early days of Wikipedia, and

Except for some data that was lost early on in the construction of Wikipedia, all edits, conversations in talk pages, are kept and publicly available indefinitely.

userpages deletion request protection of personal info copyright vio, etc. article deleted

Administration Namespace Project namespace Help:Page history Snowball clause

Short list of examples of retaining outdated documentation for historical purposes

 * Notability/Historical
 * Conflict of interest limit
 * Kindness Campaign semi-active using Template:WikiProject status
 * Disabling edits by unregistered users and stricter registration requirement

List of articles and areas devoted to historical data preservation

 * Category:Wikipedia archives
 * Historical archive
 * History of Wikipedian processes and people (incomplete essay attempting to outline major changes in wikipedia's policies and practices)
 * History of Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Wikipedia
 * Category:Inactive project pages
 * Missing Wikipedians
 * History of Wikipedia bots

Templates used

 * Template:Historical