Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Blackadder


 * 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 debate was Keep. If the BBC WikiProject wishes to adopt this mission as a taskforce, it may do so at its own initiative. Consensus to merge does not exist in this discussion. Xoloz (talk) 17:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Blackadder
Inactive project that, at best, should be demoted to be a task force under the Television project or the BBC project. It does not need to be a stand alone project as it is focused on a single television series, which goes against the Project creation guidelines. Collectonian (talk) 13:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. — Collectonian (talk) 13:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment, I have to agree the page isn't really that useful anymore - it was quite an active project until about a year ago, although it very much looks like some of its main objectives were in vain, with regards to TV episodes, and it never quite achieved its original goal, which was to get the main Blackadder page back to FA standard. Anyway, it hardly matters if it's kept or not, although some of the template codes, etc, are possibly still useful. Aren't old wikiprojects such as this usually retained "for historical interest"? Bob talk 13:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not necessary, I think. Old Wikiprojects can also be "demoted" into task forces and subprojects under its parent projects. In that case, I don't think much if lost, just relocated and repurposed. Collectonian (talk) 20:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment after the nomination was modified, the project was created quite a long time ago before the Wikiproject guidelines were in place, and it would probably now come under Wikiproject BBC, which didn't incorporate television programmes at the time. I agree with the above commentator and suggest it could become part of that project. Bob talk 16:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Inactivity is not necessarily just cause for deletion of a WikiProject. Potentially, it might be mergable with WikiProject BBC or some similar project in the near future. Certainly, facilitating such mergers is one of the purposes of the new WikiProject Council/Inactive projects page. John Carter (talk) 14:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to WikiProject BBC, could serve as a good base for a task force of that project. --Core desat 20:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If it hasn't already been done, might be good to post over at the BBC project to see if they are open to having it as a task force. Collectonian (talk) 20:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Definitly keep, maybe merge Per John Carter, Inactivity is not a just cause for deletion &mdash; They've had plenty of discussions and stuff that would be bad to lose.-- Phoenix -  wiki  21:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - deletion of a project that has had significant work in the past but is now inactive is not appropriate.  Mark as historical and leave it alone unless WikiProject BBC wants it as a task force, still probably best to mark it historical.  Deletion of inactive projects makes sense when they were created a year ago, had three members, one entry on their talk page and nothing but a filled in project template.  Deletion does not make sense for this.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 18:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - there were edits to the main page and the talk page in November and December, not much but then how much is there to say? They seem to still be coordinating in a very low state of activity.  --Doug.(talk • contribs) 04:36, 15 January 2008 (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.