Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Aaron Banda

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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 without prejudice for an article or draft of this topic being authored in the future. — xaosflux  Talk 14:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Aaron Banda


Old incubator-style stub from December 2014. Following the closure of Article_Incubator, my understanding is one of the disallowed uses for Wikipedia space per Subpages is for WikiProjects to store their drafts hidden away in these locations and to instead move them to draftspace. There's nothing here so I don't see the point in moving this to draftspace. Ricky81682 (talk) 07:26, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I am mistaken, this is not related to a project directly but was another project. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 03:52, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Disagree with referencing authority from Article_Incubator, as it is an inactive page kept only for historical reference.
 * I think you over-read Subpages in this respect. That said, it is not an absurd idea.  However, it is a new idea.  It certainly wasn't well voiced during the creation of the DraftSpace that WikiProjects would not be allowed to have their own drafts.  I think this requires some discussion at Wikipedia talk:Subpages before continuing.  Subpages could do with updating.  Some points coming to mind:  Not all WikiProjects are equal (WikiProject:Outlines is special/different); some WikiProjects are active, others not.
 * This particular page, Aaron Banda, is pretty scant. It is in a WikiProject that claims to host its own Incubator.  The whole WikiProject, like most WikiProject, is very quiet.  I think it may be better to archive whole WikiProjects, or at least swathes of subpages, than to selective delete.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:38, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * You want to propose that the entire Africa WikiProject be marked as historical and shelved rather than delete a single old page? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:54, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * If there is only one page, delete it. I worry that this is the start of nominations for many worthless stubs (not even stub worthy) like this.
 * I do think that you should post on the WikiProject talk pages before nominating their subpages for deletion. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:00, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * If you recall, this is not WikiProject Africa. This was a two year project that ran from 2012 until 2014. These drafts have not been edited in at least a year so I don't see what more is needed. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:16, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Ricky81682, noting your nomination's reference to WikiProject, I think we both failed to note the difference between WikiAfrica and WikiProject Africa, maybe we should forget everything above and start again here?  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I now see this as an unusual collection of drafts in an obscure place. The page in question has no proper content, just templated formatting.  It should have been blanked, but delete now that we are here.  If Ricky means to sort the plausibly draftworthy pages and move them to draftspace, that sounds like a good thing.  The implausible and content-free non-starts can all be blanked, or deleted but please not one-by-one.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize how many there were when I looked at this page and it seems like there was confusion about what this was. Given the opposition, I listed the remaining empty skeleton pages at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Abel Tilahun. There remains a large number of either stub or better prepared drafts there but I wish to first see if there's interest in treating these as abandoned or if people want these kept where they are no matter what. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 03:52, 18 June 2016 (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.