Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Unprotected MediaWiki messages

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  Keep, also Fully Protect. Nakon 04:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Unprotected MediaWiki messages


This page has been in a vandalised state for 2 years, which shows that no-one cares about it. It was marked historical as a result of an MFD discussion in 2005, but it's of no historical interest (it's just an ephemeral piece of documentation relating to an ancient version of the MediaWiki software) and may as well just be deleted. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on Articles for deletion/Unprotected MediaWiki messages, keep as historical. The solution to vandalism is protection rather than deletion. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 11:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep or move to the historical archive. The history of MediaWiki is entwined with the history of Wikipedia (especially in the early days of both projects), so the page should be preserved, not deleted. Graham 87 11:37, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and Fully Protect because of what the others have said.  Bob herry  talk  13:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Move to Historical Archive This seems like the best place for it. I don't see any particular reason in getting rid of information about how Wikipedia used to work (I know I care a lot about the history of qif remaining accessible even though the template itself is useless nowadays). --ais523 04:38, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.