Club Penguin Fanon Wiki:Archive Namespace

Hey everyone. Seahorse here.

I noticed that Project: Delet this has been underway to delete many articles that break continuity or that are too short. The job done so far has been excellent. From what I have read, the original intention of this project was to improve the wiki and clear up mainspace. In the past, the only way to accomplish this was to delete the page. Outright deleting entire pages can create issues, however.

While Administrators (and Staff) can view deleted revisions, regular users can’t. This means that if an editor wants to refer to something on a deleted story, they are out of luck. Old users who return will not be able to read their old stories or pick up where they left off. Deleting articles also eliminates any chance for existing users to improve them.

That is why I have created a solution for you. I have added an “Archive” namespace, inspired by Wikipedia’s “Draft” namespace/AfC process. The Archive namespace is completely separate from mainspace and does not count towards article totals or page statistics. Rather than deleting an article that has been deemed unfit for mainspace, simply move it to the Archive namespace and suppress the redirect. This preserves the article history and content for reference while keeping it out of the way. We can also create a template that will warn readers that the page has been archived and no longer part of the universe.

This will allow us to keep mainspace free of clutter or unfit articles while also allowing for their authors to improve them should they return. Even if they aren’t improved, they will still be available for reference if necessary.

As for articles that have already been deleted, we can have a bot restore and archive those at a later date.

-- Seahorseruler (Talk) (Contribs) 03:42, 2 April 2019 (UTC)