Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia in Schools

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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 delete. JohnCD (talk) 10:49, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikipedia in Schools


Good faith but inactive Wikiproject without potential to be useful. Partially duplicates Wikiproject Schools. Otherwise, it is overly broad, as shown by its goal "to get schools to let us use wikipedia" and its scope, "Everything." -Hugetim (talk) 14:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

-- Uzma Gamal (talk)
 * Delete - "Our goal is to get schools to let us use Wikipedia" does not seem like a focus for on-wiki coordination. Achowat (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Aspects of the project encourage activities outside of Wikipedia not connected to improving the encyclopedia contrary to WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK. Encouraging activist activities outside of Wikipedia strengthens the reason for deletion. See WP:NOTADVOCATE. Also, improving Wikipedia's coverage of Wikipedia's citation in school papers seems to go against Wikipedia, which notes: "Wales once said he receives about ten e-mails weekly from students saying they got failing grades on papers because they cited Wikipedia. According to The Sunday Times of London, Wales told the students they got what they deserved. "For God's sake, you're in college; don't cite the encyclopedia", he said."
 * 'Delete with haste, obviously circumvents WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK, and not a valid concept for a Wikiproject. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:23, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Tag rejected; then redirect to WikiProject Schools (or be clear in the redirecting edit summary). Bad ideas should not be purged (then forgotten and repeated), but this sounds like a bad idea, with acceptable aspects redundant to WikiProject Schools.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:04, 9 August 2012 (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.