Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Wikibooks:Bureaucrat log

Bureaucrat log
This is a redundant page and points to old and never updated content. All link to this page should instead have the following link: Special:Log/rights  This link from the Special:Logs page is automatically updated by MediaWiki software, removing the need for the more redundant page listed above. I would have made this a speedy delete except for the fact that it is a protected page. Perhaps a redirect? --Rob Horning 11:14, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep - Prior to MediaWiki v1.4, various logs now automated at Special:Log were housed in the project namespace. We're supposed to keep the for historical purposes (apparently). See also Protected page. - Aya T C 20:33, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Is there concern that the Special:Log pages are going to be killed in the next update of MediaWiki? I understand the historical reasoning for keeping them where they are, but certainly any links to these pages should be moved over to reflect actual data (like your changing User:Geocachernemesis to become an admin) that isn't on this historical page.  All of the data on the page I'm proposing to kill is already in the log as well, minus the new change.  I guess I'm trying to outguess the developers in this instance. --Rob Horning 22:03, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Erm. What I mean is that prior to v1.4, MediaWiki automatically updated logs on the page Bureaucrat log. After v1.4, the use of that page was discontinued, and the page Special:Log/rights was used for the same purpose. So all logging prior to 2005 is on the first page, and all logging from 2005 onwards is on the second. Together they form a complete log for the entire history of the project. I haven't seen any plans for MediaWiki to discontinue the use of the Special:Log page in the future. - Aya T C 23:34, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


 * keep for sake of completeness, if what Aya says is correct. Kellen T 03:55, 6 August 2005 (UTC)


 * If it stays, it should get a big fat warning at the top. There is no indication that the page is not live. It needs a link to the active page. AlbertCahalan 08:10, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Kept - Added warning. - Aya T C 22:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)