Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Aztec mythology (2nd nomination)

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was:  delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 20:39, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Aztec mythology

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Abandoned manual non-portal converted to an automated pseudo-portal on a narrow topic. Redundant to the head article Aztec mythology and the navbox.

In its current form as automated in September 2018‎ by @The Transhumanist (aka TTH, aka The Portalspammer), this pseudo-portal draws its article list solely from the navbox , of which it is therefore simply a bloated fork. (For a full explanation of why this type of portal is redundant, see the two mass deletions of similar portals: one, and two, where there was overwhelming consensus of a very high turnout to delete a total of 2,555 such portals).

This portal was created in 2012 by as an old-style manual portal with subpages. (See Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Aztec mythology). However, the oddly-named subpages did not form any sort of rotating display of navigational aid; they simply filed a series of boxes as a static display, as seen in the version of 13 May 2018. Refreshing the page produces no change; this is just a slim single issue of a magazine. The creator has not edited since 2015, the mnaual versiuon is abandoned.

So neither automated nor manual version comes anywhere meeting the WP:PORTAL principle that "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects".

This is a narrow topic. If we are going to have a portal in this area, it would be better to focus it on the broader topic of Aztec civilization as a whole. There was briefly a Portal:Aztecs, but it was automated junk created by the portalspammer and deleted at the first of the two mass deletions of automated portalspam.

We do have two existing portal at higher-level topics: Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas and Portal:Mesoamerica. Both are curated portals, but the Portal:Mesoamerica is much more extensive. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 13:35, 1 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. There seems to have been a previous unattended deletion discussion in 2014: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Aztec mythology. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, @Espresso Addict. I meant to examine that MFD, but sloppily forgot.
 * I agree with Mercurywoodrose's observation there that this portal is not needed, not linked to, and the subject is better serviced by a navbox. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 14:08, 1 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - This is not a zombie portal, but a portal at which a lead bullet was fired, but missed narrowly, and therefore was never killed. It should have been killed and still should be killed.  Another abandoned portal that has been converted to a robotic portal.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:36, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - TTH was right when nuking the previous version of this portal, 14 subpages, created 2012-09-08 04:19:57 by User:Giggette. Replacement by a degraded version of the navbox was a wrong move. Portal:Aztec mythology. Pldx1 (talk) 09:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.