Talk:Digital platform (infrastructure)

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I am proposing this new "Digital Platform" article since there is none at this point. The existing digital platform entry is a disambiguation one, not an article, though no other article is currently linking to it. The latter could be either be deleted or maintained with an additional "disambiguation" tag in its title to avoid having two webpages with the same URL (if the latter, then this new article could be listed as a third bullet point on the digital platform disambiguation page)

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 * Thank you Robert McClenon! I understand your reply and request further guidance from you. Digital platforms are a notable phenomenon and deserve their own article (for instance, the New York Times has published 55 articles about "digital platform" this past year alone). Writing an article is currently prevented by the fact that "digital platform" is now a disambiguation article (with zero incoming link from other Wikipedia articles!), redirecting to "web portal" and "computing platform" (which is disputable but that is not the point). Please note, though, that only 8 New York Times articles mention "computing platform" and 15 "web portal" this past year, these two being far less notable at this point. So the question is: What is the best path forward to address this surprising shortcoming? (that does not exist in, say, Spanish Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plataforma_digital). Two options:
 * 1) Rename the existing Digital Platform article "Digital Platform (Disambiguation)" so I can create the missing article (and link it as a third redirect in the disambiguation page)
 * 2) Remove the disambiguation tag from the existing Digital Platform article, so we can edit content there. I'd leave a mention of the two existing redirects before the lead, and add content right after. This would be my preferred option, but I am not familiar with the process for removing a disambiguation tag. This needs to be authorized somehow but not sure by whom.
 * I really feel that we are stuck right now because of a disambiguation tag that is not particularly useful for anyone (no internal article links pointing at it) yet prevents improving Wikipedia around a notable topic. Thanks in advance for your help. Squirrellly (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2021 (UTC)


 * User:Squirrellly - My advice at this point is to resubmit the draft. I have copied your comments from this page, which is your user talk page, to the draft talk page, where they may be read by another editor if another editor reads the draft. If you resubmit, with a statement, I will review the draft in more detail, but am not promising you when I will review it. I will then either leave it for another reviewer or follow approach 1. There isn't always a fixed approach for some things like removing a disambiguation tag. There is a procedure for removing an article, which is a different matter. A lot of decisions in Wikipedia are made by some experienced editor deciding to be bold; then, if there is objection, one of the standard consensus-based procedures such as Articles for Deletion or Request for Comment is used. So go ahead and resubmit it. I won't decline it again. I might accept it, or I might leave it for other reviewers. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:56, 10 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your feedback Robert McClenon. I have followed your lead and resubmitted the article after: 1) enriching it substantially to make it publishable as a standalone piece, not as a stub; and 2) adding a disambiguation note before the lead with a redirect to web portal and computing platform, as is the case in the current Digital platform entry. This way, you have the choice between: A) Copying my draft and pasting it inside the existing Digital platform entry, with no information loss, and removing the disambiguation tag, or B) Moving the content of the existing entry to Digital platform (disambiguation), publishing this new article under Digital platform, and adding a third redirect to the latter inside the former (alongside links to web portal and computing platform); a final option would be to C) add an -s at the end of this draft's title to rename it Digital platforms in order to avoid redundancy with the existing disambiguation entry. Let me know how else I can help! Thanks, really appreciate your guidance. Squirrellly (talk) 13:25, 13 March 2021 (UTC)