Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Dr pda/persondata.js Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User_talk:Dr_pda/persondata.js

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 mark as historical and make inoperable in whichever manner appropriate. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:27, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Dr pda/persondata.js (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Persondata has been deprecated by this RfC. It should no longer be added to articles. [Note: I've tagged the script's talk page, not the script itself, lest I break something.] Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:11, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• keep Deprecating persondata doesn't mean that all references to it should be consigned to the memory hole.Andy Dingley (talk) 13:41, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • If anyone needs a copy of it/its history for the record, it can be userfied. But it should not be available for use. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:03, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Userfied as text, I mean, with no .js suffix. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Modify The script could just be changed to comment out the last addPortletLink near the end, prefixing it with "//". -- WOSlinker (talk) 16:06, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. No reason supplied for why we should delete someones userpage. No reason sufficient for deletion supplied. If there is *any* problem, no reason to not blank the page. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:40, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The reason is that this script adds something to pages, which the community has decided must no longer be added. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:02, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't understand the problem. Is it being added? To an article? Why not fix as per WOSlinker? Why do you suggest userfying when it is already a userspace page? The decision to deprecate was contentious. It obviously could have historical significance at least to the user. Deleting history is rarely a good idea. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:52, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • The decision was not contentious; there was a clear consensus. Clarification added above. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move to User talk:Dr pda/persondata. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:28, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but modify to include a JavaScript alert or something similar to inform users not to use the script. There's no need to delete history, particularly since the script itself may contain pieces of code that may prove useful in other scripts. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:38, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.