[wiki] Move instead of delete?

[Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-16 02:41, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>> One idea is to move the deletion candidates to a hidden location as a
>>> first step. For instance, the page I have picked on lately:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocaleConf
>>>
>>> could be moved to
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DeletedPages/LocaleConf
>>>
>>> Then, if someone screams, we would have the option to reverse the action.
>>
>> The wiki has an option to Redirect pages, so I'm much more inclined to
>> just edit a "To be deleted" page to put in a redirect in the body,
>> even if it redirects to the home page of the wiki. This way we
>> preserve history of the page in case someone needs/wants to resurrect
>> it some day or needs access to the history for some reason.
>>
>> Format:
>>
>> #REDIRECT PageName
>
> It sounds like that would serve the same purpose in an easier way. Are
> such redirects permanent HTTP redirects, so the URL of a 'deleted' page
> is removed from the search engine indexes?

Good question! It's a "301 Moved Permanently" so yes, it should be
removed from search indexes once the redirect is set up.

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