So a user still using 13.04 after Jan 27 is out of luck even if all they want is to ask a question? I suggest that after the magic date valid questions are still valid even if Canonical is no longer supporting the release?

I find it ironic that the "ad" for Dennis Ritchie is by far the most popular "ad" on Unix&Linux meta, but earns a negative vote here! The difference in outlook between the two communities, which I still valiantly think of as related if not mirror images, astounds me!

@Mateo Ken Thompson, the father of Unix. We would not be using Ubuntu if he had not written AT&T Unix in 1970!

@Mateo Image size fixed. I am surprised that the father of all Unix systems, including indirectly Linux, is not more popular here.

Thank you. I did not realize that tag was so popular on Unix&Linux. I do agree with you that while it maybe less popular here than on Unix&Linux, there really is a role for a distinct and separate shell tag right here on AskUbuntu. It maybe a good idea to emphasize this also in your answer similar to your comment on the other answer below. I do use Unix&Linux also, but that is not by itself a reason for dumbing down AskUbuntu. I continue to argue for a separate, distinct shell tag.

On the other hand there is no "shell" tag and apparently no need for it! meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5486/there-is-no-shell-tag

It is not broken! Besides, I am not root on that server!

Keep the old data. It is definitely relevant. Not everyone is running 13.10. I do ssh to a server still happily running 8.04, and run 10.04 and 12.04 on some of my machines.

I am using Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04 and 10.4 on different machines and ssh to a server that still runs 8.04 server. So any info on 8.04 is suddenly irrelevant?? I hope not! Keep the old info. You can edit it to say that is relevant only to a particular version but definitely keep it.