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Some time ago MZMcBride did cleanup old IP talk pages. I guess we should do the same once more. Thoughts? —MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:13, 1 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

It's ok for me, we can keep several of them if needed.--Syum90 (talk) 10:54, 6 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

Why they should be removed? The old discussion from 2009 is here btw: Meta:Babel/Archives/2009-01#Old_IP_talk_pages. Stryn (talk) 18:21, 7 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

Don't see the value in doing it. So unless there is a good argument put forward, not in favour. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:53, 7 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

To me, the value in doing it—always assuming that the pages are quiet for a year—is that IP talk pages almost always reflect warnings of one sort or another, but not warnings that necessarily apply to a new IP coming to the project. Why start someone off with a negative perception? StevenJ81 (talk) 16:25, 8 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

Deleting IP talk pages never made sense to me, they could serve as warnings and might indicate if an IP is abusive in the same manner as before, if their would be consensus to delete I would move the IP talk pages to an archive and don't leave a redirect. --Donald Trung (Talk 🤳🏻) (My global lock 🔒) (My global unlock 🔓) 11:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

If anything, I would suggest that archiving (not deleting) any IP talk pages (not currently blocked) with messages more than six months old, leaving a sharedIP notice and a note linking to the block log if there are any past blocks. That would balance the need to present a more friendly talkpage for innocent new users and the need to keep track of previous warnings and blocks. Green Giant (talk) 11:25, 31 January 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

I support Green Giant's suggestion as a more reasonable alternative to deletion. Archiving without redirect is effectively the same as deletion as it just buries it from sight. --mikeu ^talk 16:17, 2 February 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

By 'archive' here I hope we mean 'archive to history' , not creating actual /archive subpages. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:59, 2 February 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

@Xaosflux: Sorry, I didn’t see your comment but yes leaving it in file history, not subpages. Green Giant (talk) 02:50, 11 February 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

Old IP talk pages typically aren't needed and they add unnecessary clutter to the live wiki and to database dumps. The idea that you'd need to reference a warning to an IP address from 2009 is pretty silly. And without any means of knowing whether the same individual is associated with the IP address, it's almost entirely meaningless whether the user was warned so long ago. Even if we could know it's the same person now as it was ten years ago, such an old warning would usually be stale and inapplicable so much later. --MZMcBride (talk) 23:21, 7 February 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

@MZMcBride: I agree. Do you keep by chance the script you used to do that in the past? Thanks. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 11:09, 8 February 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

• There are some IP talk pages that contain actual discussion other than warnings. For example, see User talk:74.192.84.101. Sure, these are probably a small minority, but it would be a shame if these were deleted. PiRSquared17 (talk) 23:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

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They are used at Logo_suggestions#2,_3,_4 and marked "from Magnus Manske" that I have also left a message, but their sources and licenses are not so clear. I list them here while a little reluctant to speedily delete proposed logos with uncertain sources and licenses.--Jusjih (talk) 21:07, 4 August 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

Checkmark This discussion is closed and will be archived shortly. Please do not modify it. With no objections raised, as these files have no licensing information they have been deleted. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:33, 24 August 2018 (UTC) [reply ]

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