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== How we treat legacy information ==

'''If you delete a page or declare all of it legacy, you need to clean up links to it.''' Often other pages on the wiki refer to instructions on a page. If it becomes legacy, often (but not always) those links should be removed. If this step is omitted other parts of the wiki may refer to the legacy bits as if they were active parts of our processes.

To do this, click the "what links here" link under tools in the left bar.

This may seem like a nuisance step, but it is actually an automated checklist to keep things consistent. It's also an important reason to actually link to things when you refer to them, so they will be caught by this cleanup process.

=== If the content is relevant for data we retain ===

If the content is relevant for data we retain, use [[:Template:LegacyContent]] to place the content behind an expand button. This way it is visible for the [[Statistician]] and other users of the data when needed, but is less likely to confuse a collector who is scanning pages in a hurry.

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=== Delete it without reference to history ===

In rarer circumstances old instructions are no longer relevant at all. Example: [https://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php?title=Oaks_ICU_Collection_Guide&action=edit&redlink=1 Oaks ICU Collection Guide ] - it didn't contain anything we need to know to interpret data in the future, so deleted. If it had included information about how we need to interpret Oaks data in the future we would have kept the page and just declared it legacy. '''If you delete a page, you need to clean up all links to it.''' This is a good thing to do when setting things to Legacy as well, since otherwise pages may be linking to it as if something is still an active process (i.e. "what links here" is a good checklist to make sure the rest of the wiki is cleaned up when making a change).

In rarer circumstances old instructions are no longer relevant at all. Example: [https://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php?title=Oaks_ICU_Collection_Guide&action=edit&redlink=1 Oaks ICU Collection Guide ] - it didn't contain anything we need to know to interpret data in the future, so deleted. If it had included information about how we need to interpret Oaks data in the future we would have kept the page and just declared it legacy.

=== Special Cases ===

Some templates include designation as legacy content based on stop / end dates. ICD10 Dx pages and old diagnosis pages are examples of these.

== List of pages with legacy content ==

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 == How we treat legacy information ==
+'''If you delete a page or declare all of it legacy, you need to clean up links to it.''' Often other pages on the wiki refer to instructions on a page. If it becomes legacy, often (but not always) those links should be removed. If this step is omitted other parts of the wiki may refer to the legacy bits as if they were active parts of our processes.
+To do this, click the "what links here" link under tools in the left bar.
+This may seem like a nuisance step, but it is actually an automated checklist to keep things consistent. It's also an important reason to actually link to things when you refer to them, so they will be caught by this cleanup process.
 === If the content is relevant for data we retain ===
 If the content is relevant for data we retain, use [[:Template:LegacyContent]] to place the content behind an expand button. This way it is visible for the [[Statistician]] and other users of the data when needed, but is less likely to confuse a collector who is scanning pages in a hurry.
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 === Delete it without reference to history ===
-In rarer circumstances old instructions are no longer relevant at all. Example: [https://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php?title=Oaks_ICU_Collection_Guide&action=edit&redlink=1 Oaks ICU Collection Guide <!-- done as external link so redlink for missing page is not flagged-->] - it didn't contain anything we need to know to interpret data in the future, so deleted. If it had included information about how we need to interpret Oaks data in the future we would have kept the page and just declared it legacy. '''If you delete a page, you need to clean up all links to it.''' This is a good thing to do when setting things to Legacy as well, since otherwise pages may be linking to it as if something is still an active process (i.e. "what links here" is a good checklist to make sure the rest of the wiki is cleaned up when making a change).
+In rarer circumstances old instructions are no longer relevant at all. Example: [https://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php?title=Oaks_ICU_Collection_Guide&action=edit&redlink=1 Oaks ICU Collection Guide <!-- done as external link so redlink for missing page is not flagged-->] - it didn't contain anything we need to know to interpret data in the future, so deleted. If it had included information about how we need to interpret Oaks data in the future we would have kept the page and just declared it legacy.
 === Special Cases ===
 Some templates include designation as legacy content based on stop / end dates. ICD10 Dx pages and old diagnosis pages are examples of these.
 == List of pages with legacy content ==