User:JediRogue/Archival


 * 1) purpose of archives
 * 2) *Reduce the load time of a page
 * 3) *Retain records of past discussions for future reference
 * 4) difference between main and userspace archives
 * 5) *between ip talk pages and registered users
 * 6) moves versus copy and paste
 * 7) *Copying and pasting will preserve the history of the discussion on the original talk page
 * 8) *Moving will bring the entire history to the archived page.
 * 9) ease of archive navigation
 * 10) *Archiving too frequently can mean way too many archives to sort through.
 * 11) when can content be removed and restored
 * 12) *how to find that content again in the archives
 * 13) admins' discretion on what is important site related content that shouldn't be hidden.
 * 14) *Admins may decide that the archival/removal of content was inappropriate and restore it.
 * 15) *This seems to count as administrating users more than administrating content
 * 16) separated from user talk page policy
 * 17) *Is there more than on issue being discussed? Do we need separate policies?
 * 18) archiving "live" discussions.
 * 19) *How does one determine if a discussion is still "live"?
 * 20) *Users "hiding" and effectively ending discussions by archiving them.
 * 21) Userspace freedom
 * 22) purposes of talk pages.
 * 23) *To discuss issues with the user.
 * 24) *Our user talk space is closer to forums
 * 25) Unarchiving
 * 26) *When is it appropriate
 * 27) *How does it work with GW:1RV
 * 28) *Noting it in the edit summary to make it visible when viewing page history
 * 29) *Does the entire page get unarchived? or just the section copy and pasted back to current talk
 * 30) Content removal
 * 31) *Most users agree that they should be allowed to remove content from their talk pages at will.
 * 32) *When removed content can clearly be seen in the page history, this is not as big a deal. When its completely hidden by C&P archives, it is much harder to retrieve.
 * 33) *Removed content should be clearly noted in the edit summery to make it easier to retrieve.
 * 34) *Removed content can be denoted by a link to the page history showing the removal.
 * 35) *Removing some content can be misleading. Are we willing to let only select portions of a conversation be seen.
 * 36) Additional talk-page content
 * 37) *Rate-a-user and guestbook etc contributes to the size of the page. Are they included in archives?

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 * questionable hidden and archived discussion
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