Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MediaWiki version history
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
— User:Carrite, 16:20, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTCHANGELOG||WP:IGNOREALLRULES (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)