Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Sherlock Holmes (2nd nomination)

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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 as a project with a reasonable likelihood of attracting future interest. Project is already tagged as inactive. --RL0919 (talk) 00:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Sherlock Holmes
Project started in early 2008 and is currently inactive. There were 7 members, no discussion at all. Armbrust WrestleMania XXVII  Undertaker 19–0  12:41, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Another typical, over-specialized, 2008 project. Nothing to salvage. -- Klein zach  12:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, Sherlock Holmes is a relatively broad subject, the original source material having spawned a substantial number of TV series and films, including some rather far-reaching re-imaginings and parodies (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Young Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother). One could even say that the entire genre of detectives and detective-types who quickly and brilliantly fasten on subtle clues (as in House) are offshoots of the Sherlock Holmes archtype. bd2412  T 15:01, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete nothing's happening, only 4 members, no relevant discussion. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 17:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. This WikiProject is not very active like WikiProject Media franchises. Also note that the WikiProject previously deleted, see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Sherlock Holmes. JJ98 (Talk)  08:28, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I have been working on Holmesian articles and would love to have this project up and running. I happened upon the project purely by accident and I feel that there would be more people involved if they knew about its existence. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 17:41, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep at this time per ThaddeusSholto. If nothing gets going in a few months, the nomination can be renewed. Newyorkbrad (talk) 04:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep This is likely to remain a subject of interest indefinitely. The mere cessation for the moment  of active work on a topic of major significance is not reason to dismantle the project. `
 * Tag with template:dormant or template:inactive. Sherlock Holmes is a potentially huge topic - notable enough that there is a reasonable likelihood of >2 editors at some time in the future getting together to work on articles. There is no nothing to be gained by deleting this. Arguments about overspecialisation are not valid. It all depends on what level editors want to work on. All a wikiproject is is a nexus and discussion point. Hypothetically, five editors could want to work on SH articles but be uninterested in crime fiction collaborations per se. Deleting this is not going to magically make them interested in a broader wikiproject. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:56, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Subject area worthy of a WikiProject.  Starting was a good idea.  We'd like to see people pick it up and run with it.  Deletion would be a backward step.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:32, 16 March 2011 (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.