Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Messianic Judaism

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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. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:39, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Messianic Judaism


More from the Sea of Abandoned Portals. This one has been abandoned since 2007 as a static page, with one selected article, one biog etc. All the same topics as 12 years ago.

Created in May 2007‎ by.

Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Messianic Judaism shows a small set of sub-pages:
 * Portal:Messianic Judaism/Selected article. Same topic (Messianic Jewish theology) since the page was created in 2007
 * Portal:Messianic Judaism/Selected picture. Same topic (the Baruch Hashem Messianic synagogue in) since the page was created in 2007, but the image File:Messianic synagogue.jpg was removed from the page on 16 May 2019, without explanation
 * Portal:Messianic Judaism/Selected biography. Same topic (Herod the Great) since the page was created in 2007

WP:POG says that unless automated, the content selection should be updated monthly, or preferably weekly. Even on a monthly cycle, this pseudo-portal has missed over 140 consecutive updates.

This seem to be a narrow topic. Messianic Judaism originated only in the 1960s and 1970s, and has only about 350,000 adherents worldwide. And in practice, it has not met the WP:POG requirement that portals should be about "broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers". This has not attracted maintainers, and in Jan–Feb 2019 got only 4 pageviews per day.

Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". But despite the effort put in here, the result is a much less effective introduction to the topic than the head article Messianic Judaism.

So I propose that this portal and its sub-pages be deleted, with prejudice against re-creating it. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:55, 18 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. Long-abandoned manual portal.&thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 17:32, 18 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. A not notable page(s), not needed. A small sub-group of a sub-group. Contains biased information. The Zeus is Ha-Zeus (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Has 4 average daily pageviews, as opposed to 829 daily pageviews for the head article. Not being maintained.  But does User:ChristTrekker have a comment?  Robert McClenon (talk) 03:48, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd hoped there would be enough interest to take up the torch if my involvement faded, but it appears that has not happened. So, no particular comment other than deletion (if that is consensus) be without prejudice. One cannot predict future notability. ⇔ ChristTrekker 21:08, 20 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.