Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (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. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:18, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Portal:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Abysmally stillborn portal. Clear-cut violation of WP:POG. ToThAc (talk) 11:18, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * One selected article and one selected bio; nothing changed since this portal's creation.
 * Creator created the portal in early May 2007 but abandoned it two weeks later. They've since been on an indefinite leave-of-absence since late July 2019 due to disruptive behavior, and no one else has adequately maintained this portal.
 * Pageviews in the first half of 2019 make up an abysmal .1947% of the parent article's pageviews in the same period.
 * Delete as an incomplete abandoned portal. In Jun19-Jul19, only 6 daily pageviews, as opposed to 2562 for article.  (That period is used because renaming of the portal complicates the measurement of viewing.  Renaming a portal is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, which complicates the counting of the lifeboats and measurement of the hole in the hold.)  As noted by ToThAc, only two articles (not 20).  No evidence of maintenance.  Has many lists of links that could be navboxes (and probably are).  There is no short-term reason to expect that a re-creation of this portal will address the problems.  Any proposed re-creation of this portal using a more modern design, and taking into account the failures of many portals, and including a maintenance plan (since lack of maintenance is a problem with most portals), can go to Deletion Review. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:02, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per the nom and Robert M. This portal has been abandoned for a decade and has incredibly low readership, which are both clear fails of WP:POG. I oppose re-creation, as a decade of hard evidence shows The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is not a broad enough topic to attract readers or maintainers. Newshunter12 (talk) 02:25, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, and oppose re-creation. Narrow topic + low readership + poor maintenance = clear fail of 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". -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 22:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note on backlinks. I don't want in any way to prejudge the outcome ... but if this discussion is closed as delete, I suggest that the backlinks be removed.  I have an AWB setup which allows me to easily replace them with links to the next most specific portal(s), without creating duplicate entries, but in this case I see no suitable alternative portals. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 05:46, 11 September 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.