Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Alphabetizing

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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. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 09:27, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Alphabetizing

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There is no consensus that lists etc. need to be alphabetized, and not e.g. ordered chronologically or otherwise. Having a project to do something which doesn't have consensus and may easily lead to pointless edit warring and so on seems like a bad idea.

E.g. one of the guidelines listed here is Manual of Style/Lists of works, which starts with "Items should normally be listed in chronological order of production, earliest first." Fram (talk) 10:05, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. * Pppery * it has begun... 14:03, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is a good faith attempt to improve the encyclopedia, but things like this should go through the Village Pump first to ensure that it's necessary. I would suggest reminding the creating user that they've done nothing wrong and that further ideas to improve Wikipedia are encouraged. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:12, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree this seems like a good faith attempt, but needs consensus first. If anything something like this should be part of WikiProject Lists, not a separate project. -Kj cheetham (talk) 18:29, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Sundostund  mppria  (talk / contribs) 23:15, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: I agree with Fram on their nomination, and with Kj cheetham that it should be a part of WikiProject Lists. If you want to create a new WikiProject anyway, a proposal is need to made first at WikiProject Council/Proposals, and then it would be debated on the basis of (de)merits and potential activity could be gauged so that it doesn't fall into disuse shortly after creation. &#8212;CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 13:25, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete we shouldn't be creating a WikiProject for something that is at times against Wikipedia guidelines such as Manual of Style/Lists of works. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:54, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: This isn’t really helpful. Pizzaplayer219TalkContribs 13:21, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete as a useless project. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:24, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
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