When you see them be sure to let the Wiki Update forum know so we can get the right updates in there.

Off-hand do you remember any of them, or know some right now that don't say on the page the data is outdated? We are working on building some message boxes to help track (for updating) old or questionable data that we may not be able to immediately address.

txemt wrote:The page said "obsolete" but the editor didn't care, cuz it made his point valid. I showed him the updated wiki, and he still hung onto the old page he found. 2 days later, he was blocked for other reasons.

Got it. Irrationality is hard to defend against.

Our likely outcome from this will use templates on old page names that automatically redirect to the most appropriate current information. You will have to work hard to get to an old page, but it will still be there if you know how to search all namespaces. And then we will still have headings on the page saying it was deprecated and should not be used as a current reference.

Note that it appears the best solution will be to move them to an "Archive" namespace. They will be accessible from the Advanced Search page, but will not appear under a normal search.

Now I just need to get Jackson to get the devs to create that namespace for us.

If the page can be usefull when changed, I would keep it.
Otherwise delete them.

Me too, option 3.

Option 4. but make it a 6 month max limit to ensure all information has been transferred across.
Then they will be deleted.

Option 4 combined with option 3.
The name of the namespace should be "Archive" instead of "Obsolete" to make it more universal and clearer for non native English speaking people.

Move the page to an other namespace and edit the redirect that is left behind to a page with newer information.

Combine option 3 and 4:

Option 4: When moving a page, a redirect is left at the old page.
Option 3: Edit this redirect and point it to the new information.

kentsmith9 wrote:I believe all prior links to Cartouche pages from active/live pages have already been redirected (minus a few I have not completed).

General idea with mediawiki is not to delete pages because of links to the pages from other websites (like this forum)

Maybe I'm a sucker for history, but I'd like to keep them around in some way. Why not move them to a namespace called, say, "OBSOLETE"?