Nuke 17 useless files (#1653)

All files deleted and disabled were either:

Not touched for 2+ years
Replaced with native DM functions (JSON specifically)
Generally replaced with newer iterations

code/controllers/news_controller.dm

@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-var/global/datum/news_controller/news_controller
-
-/datum/news_controller
-    var/count = 0       //Count of articles pulled and published
-    var/publish_time    //Ingame time for when the stored article is to be published
-    var/article_id      //Stored article's primary-key
-    var/running = 1     //Boolean value, self-explanitory
-    var/fails = 0       //Counter for failed queries
-    var/max_fails = 5   //Maximum amount of failures before the controller is killed
-
-/datum/news_controller/proc/process()
-    if(!running)                        //Not running, return.
-        return
-
-    if(fails >= max_fails)              //Too many failures, killing.
-        kill()
-        return
-
-    if(!article_id && !publish_time)    //No entry stored. Update and get one.
-        update()
-        return
-
-    if(publish_time < world.time)       //Time to publish the article.
-        publish()
-        if(fails)
-            fails = 0
-
-//Stores a new article for publishing.
-/datum/news_controller/proc/update()
-    establish_db_connection(dbcon)
-    if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
-        error("SQL database connection failed. News_controller failed to retreive information.")
-        fails++
-        return
-
-    var/DBQuery/update_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, publishtime FROM ss13_news WHERE status = 2 ORDER BY publishtime ASC LIMIT :count, 1")
-    update_query.Execute(list(":count" = count))
-
-    if(update_query.ErrorMsg())
-        fails++
-        return
-
-    if(!update_query.RowCount())
-        kill()
-        return
-
-    while(update_query.NextRow())
-        article_id = text2num(update_query.item[1])
-        publish_time = text2num(update_query.item[2]) * 600
-
-    count++
-
-//Publish the stored article.
-/datum/news_controller/proc/publish()
-    establish_db_connection(dbcon)
-    if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
-        error("SQL database connection failed. News_controller failed to retreive information.")
-        fails++
-        return
-
-    var/DBQuery/publish_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT channel, author, body FROM ss13_news WHERE id = :article_id")
-    publish_query.Execute(list(":article_id" = article_id))
-
-    if(publish_query.ErrorMsg())
-        fails++
-        return
-
-    var/article_channel
-    var/article_author
-    var/article_content
-    while(publish_query.NextRow())
-        article_channel = publish_query.item[1]
-        article_author = publish_query.item[2]
-        article_content = publish_query.item[3]
-
-    var/channel_found
-    for(var/datum/feed_channel/FC in news_network.network_channels)
-        if(FC.channel_name == article_channel)
-            channel_found = 1
-            break
-
-    if(!channel_found)
-        news_network.CreateFeedChannel(article_channel, article_author, 0)
-
-    news_network.SubmitArticle(article_content, article_author, article_channel)
-
-    article_id = null
-    publish_time = null
-    update()
-
-//Kills the controller.
-/datum/news_controller/proc/kill()
-    running = 0
-    return