Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000

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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. I’m just sort of IAR closing this because the nominator seems to have informally withdrawn and there’s no delete votes or really any strong argument to delete (it’s not stillborn, it’s not broken or incomprehensible, so what’s the big deal?) (non-admin closure) Dronebogus (talk) 06:40, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000

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Inactive WikiProject on niche topic, set up in 2006 and never gained any traction. Per the suggestion in WP:INACTIVEWP I am nominating for deletion &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have struck part of my comment because I've just seen there was quite a lot of activity from 2006-2008, but nothing in the last decade. The question remains about what to do with long-term inactive projects like this. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:03, 23 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep: Inactive WikiProject pages are generally not deleted solely due to lack of recent activity, and often retained for historical interest. Especially considering that it was active for a time, I see no reason not to do as such here. If anything, it can be marked defunct and otherwise left alone. silvia  (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4)  (inquire within)  11:11, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Would it be reasonable to delete the project banner template (Template:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000) and retain the actual project pages? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:33, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I personally wouldn't say so. Usually I see inactive WikiProject banner templates left alone on the talk pages where they were placed, presumably because it's a lot of work to clean them up, but I think it's actually a benefit because it means that people can see there was once a WikiProject for this and find it again, which may lead them to want to revive it. Even if no one does so, however, retaining the template and the associated pages doesn't hurt anything, so I can't see a good logic for deleting it in any case. silvia  (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4)  (inquire within)  12:50, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Talk page clutter is one reason. The fact that someone set something up 15 years ago, should not mean that we have to retain it forever. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:11, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, that's why Template:WikiProject banner shell exists. silvia  (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4)  (inquire within)  16:18, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: Was active. Tag inactive. Archive. Don’t delete history. SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:51, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. We are not saving hard drive space by deleting. "Talk page clutter" is not a problem. —Alalch E. 21:19, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I am happy to withdraw this nomination &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:40, 26 January 2023 (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.