Deletion of MediaWiki version history

Comment: While  does indeed frown upon such things ''in general,'' we Wikipedians have a duty to preserve our own history. There is a growing body of academic work on the various aspects of the sociology of Wikipedia, entire books written on the topic, etc. This is to me a clear case where we need to apply common sense and . A merger to MediaWiki might be okay as a fallback option, but this is substantial enough in size that it should be considered ''an attached page'' to that piece rather than a standalone article per se. I have a very strong aversion to deleting this information outright, that would be a terrible outcome here
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTCHANGELOG||WP:IGNOREALLRULES)

Comment: with MediaWiki or '''Delete'''. The test for whether a separate encyclopedia article is merited is if there is sufficient |reliable secondary sources to ensure |verification. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MediaWiki release history|As decided at the last AFD (!), we should not have a separate article about this. Either properly merge it, make it into an SVG that can be stuck into to the main article, or just let the release timeline live on MediaWiki.org where it belongs
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:V)