Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp

Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp

I was just clued into the existence of these subpages marked "Temp" that no one would ever come across while editing the articles they concern. I assume that this one is no longer needed but don't see a relevant CSD criteria that would cover its deletion. So, I'm starting this MFD to weigh in on this particular page but also see if there is a general opinion on what to do with these Temp pages, most of which are from at least 8 years ago (or older). I guess it was a common practice back then to put questionable content on a subpage but when no editors know that it even exists, I don't think it serves any purpose to help improve the article. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:26, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as incomprehensible/no obvious use. (I know that’s not a SD rationale but I don’t think my assessment is controversial) Dronebogus (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not incomprehensible at all. Did you read through the edit history of Bzuk (talk · contribs) from the time, at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Bzuk&target=Bzuk&dir=prev&offset=20140712?

— SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:11, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It is part of the edit history of Desperate Journey, and it is properly linked from Talk:Desperate Journey. “Temp” was not the best title. The subpaging of major rewrites, as opposed to dumping it on the talk page, was common. “Temp” refers to it being used for a short time, not due to it being intended for deletion. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:09, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: This is an attribution issue, and SmokeyJoe has nicely summarized the situation. We don't delete edit histories of the pagespace an editor rewrote to prevent deletion while eliminating copyvios. I agree the naming is not ideal, but after this closes we can have a proper move discussion. Perhaps we might request a history merge instead. In any event, I suggest User:Liz withdraw the nom so we can move towards that. BusterD (talk) 09:32, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Looks like it's needed for attribution. —Alalch E. 12:59, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and Dronebogus. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 15:11, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep:FWiW Bzuk Read the rationale of why this was created and why it should remain, albeit re-titled as the original article was deleted twice. (talk) 12 March 2023 (UTC)