The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no consensus to delete the page. - Mailer Diablo 01:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC) reply

MediaWiki:Pubmedurl and MediaWiki:rfcurl

I don't know what this is (template, interwiki link...), but it's not a MediaWiki message and it's just more clutter on Special:Allmessages. I see no sign it's being used anywhere, though this could be wrong. Superm401 - Talk 03:58, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply

I'm adding MediaWiki:rfcurl to the nomination; it seems equally ridiculous. I found the source of them both at Language.php. Also, bug 1344 explains rfcurl and specifically requests its removal from MediaWiki. Superm401 - Talk 20:40, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply

• Keep, pending some explanation. It was created by MediaWiki default, which is the MediaWiki initialization script, so there might be something about it we can't see. Tito xd^{( ?!? - help us)} 04:02, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply
  • I know it's a default, but I still can't fathom an appropriate use on Wikipedia; it only becomes more ridiculous when you picture it on other MediaWiki installations, but I can't do anything about that. Superm401 - Talk 04:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply
• Keep, hesitant to have something in that name space deleted, if noone can see where it is called from I'd suggest blanking it for a few weeks to make sure nothing breaks first. xaosflux ^Talk/ _CVU 06:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC) (see below) reply
• Speedy delete, redundant now. Before June 2004, the MediaWiki namespace was used for boilerplate text messages to be used in articles, in much the same way templates are used today. See wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace. I'll mark those two for speedy deletion. Graham/pianoman87 talk 12:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply

  It turns out I can't. Speedy delete anyway. Graham/pianoman87 talk 12:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply

• Comment. Okay, people obviously didn't read my comment above, which is understandable because it wasn't very readable (shouldn't edit while tired). Anyway..., typing RFC 10 or PMID 10 generates RFC 10 and PMID  10 respectively. That's the feature that the MediaWiki pages provide. It should obviously be replaced with fake interwiki links (like the bugzilla link above). Information about our interwiki links is at Meta:Interwiki map. One for RFCs is already defined and a PMID one can be added. The only problem is fixing all the existing links, and a bot could make quick work of that. Superm401 - Talk 20:40, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply
  • An admin on meta should add PMID to that list so it can be part of the interwiki map before the bot does the replacements. Superm401 - Talk 20:59, 11 February 2006 (UTC) reply
• Speedy Keep. Per Superm401's excellent research above, these are working as designed, and seem to be useful. xaosflux ^Talk/ _CVU 00:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Why should these be parsed automatically (and rather messily) when plenty of sites (like bugzilla and IMDB) are linked neatly through interwiki links? Superm401 - Talk 00:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC) reply

These may be helpful for editors less knowlegeable with the interwiki system, AFAIK, using the interwiki system requires using editing codes and formats, plus knowlege of the interwiki link identifier. Casual editors are likely to comment about RFC 's, and readers may benefit from these links. I do agree that PMID would be useful in the meta interwikilinks though. xaosflux ^Talk/ _CVU 01:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Very well. I've asked Brion to add PMID in. Superm401 - Talk 03:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.