User talk:Mathiastck/Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

Setting up a talk page for a future but not yet created article?
For awhile there, I was using a talk page template and whenever I found an article that needed creation, but which I couldn't justify creating while at work, I would create the talk page first, and use said template. It worked great for months, I would periodically go back, and then create the article, sometimes after getting the feedback I needed to create a proper article. This happy experiment of mine was brought to an end when the talk page template, the category, and every talk page that used this template, (but hadn't yet had the article itself created), were deleted.

So I spent some time looking at related wikipolicy, and I got the impression it now frowned more strongly on this practice then when I began the experiment. It also seemed that wikipolicy was gray in this area, and subject to various interpretations.

Anyway, I highly support the idea of lowering the barrier to entry for new users, trying to create worthy new articles, or simply trying to suggest the creation of a worthy article. The current method of putting in a request for article creation is abominable.

I suggest, that if talk pages are created for the purpose of assisting in the creation of the article, and they are used such properly, then they should be left up for a period of months. If it is found after suitable period of time that the talk page has not lead to the creation of a good entry, then it would be appropriate to delete.

Anyway, this is my request for comment. Thanks. For your reference:

Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines


 * Template:Future_article_talk_page
 * Template_talk:Future_article_talk_page
 * Template_talk:Futureart
 * Template_talk:Db-talk
 * Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion
 * Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion
 * Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion
 * Wikipedia_talk:Talk_page_guidelines
 * User_talk:Mathiastck
 * User_talk:RyanGerbil10
 * User_talk:BigNate37/TM/Future_article_talk_page
 * User_talk:Nae%27blis
 * Category_talk:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion

Mathiastck 15:54, 24 March 2007 (UTC)