Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:New topics


 * 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 keep. -- OlEnglish (talk) 17:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

New topics
Is this page useful for any reason? Not much context here at all, just a list of random articles. How is this even historically useful? -- OlEnglish (talk) 02:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. The "new topics" on this page were new seven years ago. After deletion, redirect to Special:Newpages. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:08, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as revised. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Mark Historical Which it clearly is. It is a snapshot of WP from very early on, and as such is a clearly historical page. Collect (talk) 11:22, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, was useful once for its intended purpose, and it is useful now as a snapshot of Wikipedia's new articles from a certain time period. The page was made before Special:Newpages or even MediaWiki was invented, at a time when the new pages list had to be updated manually. The page history contains a lot more than just two days of new pages, such as this edit; and I even merged in some very old history, such as this revision. If page history had been more reliable in those days, the page may well have been a log of all new pages made during the first year of the project. I actually asked for the page to be undeleted over two years ago. Maybe the page should be replaced with a proper explanation of what it is and how to use it - i.e. by checking out the page history, or using its entry on Nostalgia Wikipedia. Graham 87 16:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or mark as historical. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 11:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep after Graham87's reworking of the page. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 16:55, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment:I've replaced what was previously on the page with an explanation of what the new topics page was and how to use it. I hope this satisfies everyone's concerns. I can think of no reason to delete the page now. Graham 87 12:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I added a see also link to Wikipedia's oldest articles. Crystal whacker (talk) 00:40, 22 January 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.