Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cell Biology/References

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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:  keep. Marked as historical. kingboyk (talk) 01:41, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cell Biology/References

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hasn't been looked at in year, out of date, redundant with plenty of other tutorial pages on reference adding T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 23:39, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - Shouldn't the WikiProject decide whether they want to keep or delete this? Robert McClenon (talk) 06:22, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Tag as Historical unless wikiproject members want it deleted. 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 15:53, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. The nominator is not listed at WikiProject Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cell Biology/Participants. WikiProjects should manage their own subpages. No compelling deletion reason anyway. Fixit?  Archive?  —SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem - I've marked as historical for now. WP:MCB contracted a lot since its height, so has a lot of abandoned pages. (minor correction, I am listed at WikiProject Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cell Biology/Participants as well as WikiProject Molecular Biology/Members). T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 00:20, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't see you at the first, but see you pretty clearly at WikiProject Molecular Biology/Members.
 * If you do not stay you are from, or representing, the WikiProject, and ask for deletion of a WikiProject subpage because "...hasn't been looked at...", I will be loath to agree. Random people doing random permanent cleaning can cause a lot of trouble.
 * However, if you declare that you are from the WikiProject, you are managing the subpages of the WikiProject, and that you " ...have reviewed these pages ...", then I am very likely to agree with your request. I'd ask that you always consider first whether archiving is sufficient, but if you say the page should be deleted, my default position is to respect the wishes of the WikiProject, as stated by yourself.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:11, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes that is the key question, if there is consensus, either explicit, from a project talkpage discussion, or implicit in that the project has delegated the task of managing and curating certain sets of pages to individual members and you are acting in that capacity, then the decision must be to delete. However, if this is just the action of one individual project member, exercising individual initiative in undertaking clean-up, then I can't support. Be bold is well and good in most circumstances, but with deletion a greater degree of deliberation is needed. 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 04:28, 24 January 2020 (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.