Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (TFL)


 * 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 speedy delete under G7 by Pascal.Tesson, upon request by The Transhumanist. Simply no point keeping this open. (Non-admin closure) The Earwig  (Talk &#124; Contribs) 22:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Main Page alternative (TFL)
Lotd scroll was deleted. This one serves no purpose anymore. Magioladitis (talk) 09:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Also Today's featured list proposal, which [/index.php?diff=174221459&oldid=174257229 an exact copy]. Amalthea  10:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * User:The Transhumanist does obscure but useful stuff. I would like to know what he is doing here before we delete it.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:23, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You can check the discussion in Templates for deletion/Log/2009 July 19. He agreed with deletion of the template. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:47, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What does "Lotd scroll" have to do with "Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (TFL)"? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * This main page alternative is based on a Today's Featured List, and lotd scroll ostensibly provided that featured list. Without that the central purpose of the page is not served. &mdash;harej (talk) (cool!) 13:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - "TFL" stands for "Today's Featured List". The page no longer displays a list - there's a fundamental problem with displaying lists via transclusion (images are automatically transcluded as well, which may violate copyright).  For a TFL section to work, a whole set of featured list excerpts would need to be created, just like is done for "Today's featured article" for the main page.  If that is ever done, it would be a simple matter to build another of these Main Page alternatives to showcase it.  This page was simply a clone of the Main Page, with an additional section (that no longer works).  We lose nothing by deleting this page.  It could even be speedied, because its removal is simply administrative clean up.  The Transhumanist  23:18, 26 July 2009 (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.