Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Cephalopods/list of bobtail squid articles to be created


 * 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The result of the discussion was Nomination withdrawn and no calls for deletion. Non-admin closure. Pastor Theo (talk) 02:43, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Cephalopods/list of bobtail squid articles to be created
This article has not been edited for nearly five years (2004). Practically nothing links to it and most of the 'requests' have been created (around 80%). I think this page is a little outdated and should be deleted! -- JulieSpaulding (talk) 18:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC) Withdrawn nomination as page has now been fixed so that it is useful again. JulieSpaulding (talk) 04:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - The page is still a valid reference, WikiProject pages generally don't have a lot of incoming links, especially subpages, and they often stay stagnant for years because they are just lists of ideas by members of the project. Once someone has listed all the species only the discovery of a new species should cause any additions to the list.  If you like, go in an strike-out the ones that have been created.  Also, it's generally best to ask a project before tampering with it's pages unless they violate a policy; not sure if that's been done--Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:01, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Why don't we just combine this with the existing entries in Category:Bobtail squid and put all of it in the article? bd2412  T 00:11, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * More to the point, this is one of five such lists in WP Cephalopods. Personally, I don't see the harm in this remaining, but perhaps combining it with one of the other lists (e.g., the Cuttlefish one) might make sense - if the WikiProject agrees. Certainly if the WikiProject still sees some use for this and is still active, which it seems to be, then bringing this here without discussing it with them first seems a little presumptuous. I'd also suggest to the project that trimming out the blue links from all these lists might be sensible - they're already listed in the categories on these subjects, it would make the lists clearer and shorter, and - after all - they're not articles "to be created". Grutness...wha?  01:25, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably a better idea than deletion, actually. JulieSpaulding (talk) 02:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Blue links deleted, thus making it up to date and more useful. No good reason for deletion I can see. Gotyear (talk) 22:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I also removed blue links from the cuttlefish page. The other 2 with blue links have a lot less of them. Gotyear (talk) 22:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Gotyear, with respect, I started the MfD for the article as it was with the red links, not as it stands now, so there was a good reason for deletion but you say there isn't any more. JulieSpaulding (talk) 03:45, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Regardless of whether the page merited deletion before, it appears that the nominator has withdrawn the nomination and nobody else has voted in favor of deletion, so this discussion is now ripe for any uninvolved admin to close as speedy keep.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 18:41, 31 May 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.