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Marshall Erwin
Apr 21, 2015, 4:51:32 PM4/21/15
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I'd like to get several Wiki pages taken down from the Mozilla wiki. They are all out of date and need to be updated and I would like to get them removed from the Wiki for the time being. Is there a way to get these removed other than just deleting the content on the page? Can you help me take down the main page and child pages here : https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/HowTo/Index
Christie Koehler
Apr 21, 2015, 5:13:01 PM4/21/15
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Hi Marshall,
Great question.
Because MozillaWiki functions as our public memory, providing a history
of the project, as well as a collaboration space, we discourage outright
deletion of content.
Generally pages are deleted when one or more of these criteria are met:
a) the content was never appropriate for MozillaWiki
b) the content included personal and/or confidential information
c) the content was created for testing purposes only
d) the content is out of date and it will cause more harm to leave it in
place (marked as out of date) than to delete it
You can request that pages meeting this criteria be deleted by adding
the following to the top of the page:
{{delete|Reason for deletion|date=Date of report}}
Missing content can be more disruptive to users than properly labeled
out of date content. As such, we recommend that out of date content be
indicated by adding {{outdated}} to the top of the page.
This template adds appropriate messaging at the top of the page and adds
the page to the 'Outdated articles' category so we can more easily find
and update such content.
If the content will likely never be updated, then we also recommend
moving the pages to an appropriate place (like Privacy/Archive). All
confirmed users should be able to move pages. If you let me know your
MozillaWiki username, I will make sure you can do this.
Does that help?
-Christie
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Christie Koehler
MozillaWiki module owner
https://mozillians.org/u/ckoehler/
ckoe...@mozilla.com
Great question.
Because MozillaWiki functions as our public memory, providing a history
of the project, as well as a collaboration space, we discourage outright
deletion of content.
Generally pages are deleted when one or more of these criteria are met:
a) the content was never appropriate for MozillaWiki
b) the content included personal and/or confidential information
c) the content was created for testing purposes only
d) the content is out of date and it will cause more harm to leave it in
place (marked as out of date) than to delete it
You can request that pages meeting this criteria be deleted by adding
the following to the top of the page:
{{delete|Reason for deletion|date=Date of report}}
Missing content can be more disruptive to users than properly labeled
out of date content. As such, we recommend that out of date content be
indicated by adding {{outdated}} to the top of the page.
This template adds appropriate messaging at the top of the page and adds
the page to the 'Outdated articles' category so we can more easily find
and update such content.
If the content will likely never be updated, then we also recommend
moving the pages to an appropriate place (like Privacy/Archive). All
confirmed users should be able to move pages. If you let me know your
MozillaWiki username, I will make sure you can do this.
Does that help?
-Christie
--
Christie Koehler
MozillaWiki module owner
https://mozillians.org/u/ckoehler/
ckoe...@mozilla.com
Marshall Erwin
Apr 23, 2015, 3:18:09 PM4/23/15
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Christin,
That is extremely helpful. My MozillaWiki username is merwin. Given your criteria, I would like to have this information deleted and will add the language you suggested. Because the content is out of date and I do not have plans currently to update it, I believe it will cause more harm than good because it describes company processes that are no longer in place.0 new messages