I think I have a reasonable method of cleaning up many of
the leftover pages in the main namespace that should be moved
to wikipedia: or meta (most of which have already been moved,
but still exist). But before I do this I want to give the
group some warning and ask if anyone has concerns.
I think it's important to actually delete these for
several reasons. One, they distort our statistics; they
make it appear as though we have more real articles than
we do. They show up in searches. They also make the
utilities of the new software like orphan pages less useful.
Second, their existence is confusing to new users and might
encourage the creation of more such articles in the wrong
namespace. Finally, having the articles in the right
namespace should make it easier to update and consolidate
them, as many of them are badly out of date.
I'm looking at things like "Wikipedia commentary/*", most
of which have been moved to meta but still hang around,
and things like "Wikipedia Announcements", "Wikipedia FAQ",
etc.
But before I go about removing these and fixing links to
them, I want to hear if anyone has reasons to keep some of
them in the primary namespace, or other concerns.
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