Disputatio Formulae:All system messages

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UV, can you explain this to the layman, conversion script, etc...?--Ioshus Rocchio 03:21, 11 Iunii 2006 (UTC)

In earlier versions of the wiki software (I am not sure whether it was already called MediaWiki at that time),
  1. there was no separation between the MediaWiki namespace and the Formula namespace and
  2. there were no special pages ([[Specialis:…]]).
When the Formula namespace was separated from the MediaWiki namespace, all templates that did not directly belong to the MediaWiki software (= all user-defined templates) were moved from the MediaWiki namespace to the Formula namespace. As the corresponding redirects are today not used any more (see “Nexus ad hanc paginam”, they are only referenced by each other), they can be safely deleted. This holds for the following pages:
  • MediaWiki:Sitesupportpage
  • MediaWiki:Stipula (redirect only)
  • MediaWiki:Europa (redirect only)
  • MediaWiki:Gnunote
  • MediaWiki:All messages
The functionality that is today offered by Specialis:Allmessages was formerly offered by a template (or two), which are today not only unnecessary, but also outdated. As they once resided in the common MediaWiki/Formula namespace, they are still protected today, that's why I cannot put the “delenda” template into them. Nevertheless, they can be safely deleted.
  • Formula:All system messages
  • Formula:All messages
The following templates are not used any more. As they once resided in the common MediaWiki/Formula namespace, they are still protected today, that's why I cannot put the “delenda” template into them. Nevertheless, they can be safely deleted.
  • Formula:Sitesupportpage
  • Formula:Gnunote
Hope that makes things a bit clearer! --UV 16:49, 11 Iunii 2006 (UTC)