Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/tli archive

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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The result of the discussion was  Nomination withdrawn, non-admin closure. hmssolent \You rang? ship's log 03:36, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Food and drink/tli archive


This creates an unnecessary WP:DEADLINE for discussions on Wikipedia regarding article assessment for WikiProject Food and drink. The project page already historically receives very few contributions and page views. The notion of prematurely archiving the nominations of articles for top-level importance designation goes against the grain of collaboration to build Wikipedia. This also sets arbitrary limits that aren't necessary; it's better to not archive and allow time for editors to respond, rather than shuffle entries away at a project that already has limited input. This is concerning, because under this procedure, it seems that "archived" nominations would then have a precedent for future failure, regardless of their actual merit relative to the project's importance scale. Please also view: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) – 14-day deadline for proposals on Wikipedia project pages? and WikiProject Food and drink/tli. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:05, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The page author, &  are both listed as active members of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink and appear to be in dispute over this, except that I cannot find any discussion/dispute.  Agreed, it looks a bit weird.  No objection to deletion if the WikiProject doesn't support it.  It is fine for the WikiProject to discuss here or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink.  Support deletion if there are no responses in support of the page.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/tli, where I initiated a discussion prior to this nomination. I've also posted a neutrally-worded notice with a link to this discussion on the project's talk page. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:43, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't see that.  Support deletion as default on no consensus here, because in hindsight the creation of the page was not uncontroversial.  I'm fairly neutral on the merits of the page, considering it WikiProject business.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:52, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

oppose - I just created this page as an archive of the TLI nominations, with no other intent but for it to be an archive. North's nomination for deletion is questionable at best and I do not understand his reasoning for not archiving discussions such as this. There is no policy based reason for it and it is similar to other section on the project. I would have prefered he asked instead of doing this. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 16:46, 25 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose - this is of a piece with Northamerica1000's recent (dare I say usual) behaviour, which is to basically run around like a particularly clumsy bull in a particularly crowded china shop. If you're going to complain about WP:DEADLINE, it would probably be a good idea to finish discussing the issue before suddenly turning around and trying to get the page deleted as an end-run around that discussion. FFS, Northamerica1000, I've said this or similar to you multiple times in just the past week: Stop. Slow down. Wait. Discuss. Attempt to achieve consensus. — The Potato Hose 16:58, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. The project participants should discuss and come to a consensus on archiving protocols if that has been an issue for them. MFD is not the best venue for such a discussion. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:46, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I don't see any reason why a topical archive of top-level-importance nominations shouldn't exist. The deadline is entirely editorial content, and can be changed, without detracting from the usefulness of a TLIarchive -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 00:14, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Nomination withdrawn - per discussion occurring at the WikiProject Food and drink/tli talk page. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:35, 26 May 2013 (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.