Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/delsort.js

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/delsort.js (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)​

A rare .js script that isn't in userspace or mediawiki space. Has been blanked since 2020 with the edit summary Blank ancient script: reported not working (User:John Vandenberg/Deletion sorting tool) for nearly a decade. As long as importScript()-ing a deleted file doesn't throw any errors, seems like this should be deleted. Searching reveals use in 231 other files. –Novem Linguae (talk) 14:54, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete defunct script per nom.—Alalch E. 15:28, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. This is hardly of any use. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 18:14, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - This is a coprolite at this point. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or Redirect to what seems to be the working replacement, User:Tris Wilson/delsort.js. WaggersTALK 13:29, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Please Redirect to User:Tris Wilson/delsort.js , or move to my userspace. Thanks, John Vandenberg ^(chat) 04:19, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Sure, why not? I think userfying would be a reasonable ATD here, since it seems like the original maintainer wants the edit history. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:56, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comments - I don't know if we can redirect .js - but I think moving them may require an interface admin. Pinging User:Xaosflux, who I think knows more about these things than I : ) - jc37 04:49, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  There is a special way to redirect .js files; going from a public area to someone's userspace is a security risk. No issue moving it without a redirect if someone wants it. — xaosflux ^Talk 09:48, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Presumably one could make a wikitext-content-model redirect, which would redirect people who view the page but not users who import it, and thus not be a security risk (if I understand the issue correctly). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 13:58, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as historical. Allow User:John_Vandenberg to do with it whatever he likes. People with no involvement with old things should not get equal say in keeping vs archiving. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: There are three scripts in MW space that redirect to user scripts, see here. CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} 04:19, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as historical Andre🚐 04:39, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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