Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiRaid


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 debate was tag as historical. Garion96 (talk) 18:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject WikiRaid


I propose that this WikiProject be deleted for the following reasons:
 * 1) Inactivity. This project, founded in October 2005, has been effectively inactive since November 2005 (see history). Its creator has been inactive since February 2006 (see ), leaving the project with only one member.
 * 2) Scope. The scope of the project is to organise "challenges to add as much content to Wikipedia as possible in short amounts of time". I think focusing too much on the quantity of content, rather than its quality, is a mistake. Before lapsing into inactivity, the project organised one "WikiRaid", which resulted in the creation of 12 new articles, of which 4 were subsequently deleted as copyvios. This project could be useful in countering systematic bias on Wikipedia, but I believe such efforts are better organised by country- or topic-specific WikiProjects, who will have a better grasp of which articles need to be created. Black Falcon (Talk) 18:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I am also including in this nomination the following related page:


 * Delete all as per nom. John Carter 19:06, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Tag as historical. I don't think MfD is the appropriate process here; perhaps you should have tagged it as historical and asked on the talk page? There's no reason to delete it, anyway, if it can be tagged as historical. --Deskana (fry that thing!)  13:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * As the project has been inactive for nearly 1.5 years, I don't think a comment on the talk page would have done any good. Also, I considered tagging the project as historical, but really see no reason to preserve every unsuccessful collaborative attempt made on Wikipedia, especially since this one never involved more than 2 people. -- Black Falcon (Talk) 18:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess my point is that if you mention it on the talk page and don't get a response you can assume it's safe to be tagged as historical. --Deskana (fry that thing!)  19:16, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing of value to keep. I would not object to a historical tag. -- Ned Scott 01:33, 4 May 2007 (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.