Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedians for writing an encyclopedia2


 * 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 Delete. While some consideration was given to the possibility of tagging this page historical, it is unclear whether the Project ever accomplished anything, and the majority of commenters below feel that it is unnecessarily confusing and/or divisive; and therefore, unworthy of being maintained in any form. Xoloz 17:35, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikipedians for writing an encyclopedia
This page serves no project purpose other than to belittle the contributions of editors who make sure policies are followed, copyrights aren't violated etc. The page is redundant in that people who register and account and work around here are all Wikipedians for writing an encyclopedia, it's not a project as much as it is a list of people who prefer to write articles than participate in other processes on Wikipedia. Previous AfD was "no consensus", found here from April 2006. IvoShandor 10:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm not myself sure I agree with IvoShandor's comment above about the group's purpose, but I can't see any other clearly defined purpose either, and I don't think WikiProject Why Not? or WikiProject What a Nice Userbox or whatever this is supposed to be really contributes to the encyclopedia. John Carter 16:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It sure isn't there to make editors who concentrate in project space feel good. Maybe its only purpose isn't to belittle others, but I can't find any other purpose. IvoShandor 16:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete since we are all supposed to be writing an encyclopedia, this project serves no discernible valid purpose. &lt; el eland / talk  edits &gt; 21:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep As a member I can tell you that some people are not wikipedians to make friends or to make policies. The project is belittling no one. Zginder 00:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * There are wikiprojects for removing vandalism and other maintaining tasks their can also be one for writing.Zginder 13:18, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete We are all here to write an encyclopedia. Lurker  (said · done) 17:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to MetaWiki--Victor falk 10:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What would be the point of that? Either this is a project that every wikipedian could be in, making it unnecessary; or it is an attack page, in which case it should certainly be deleted. Transwikiing won't solve either of those problems. Lurker  (said · done) 12:47, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, Transwiki to MetaWiki Transmogoriwikify to MetaWiki--Victor falk 13:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. All Wikipedians are here to contribute to an encyclopedia, to some degree (except the vandals and trolls, obviously). There is no need to disparage those of us who are not members of this group by implying that we are here for some other reason than the encyclopedia, nor to imply that only "writing" is valuable (which would implicitly assert that vandal-fighting etc. is a waste of time, which is a gross insult to the many editors who give up their time to do it). WaltonOne 21:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Everyone editing here in good faith is for writing an encyclopedia, even if they don't want to actually author lots of articles themselves. A Wikiproject dedicated to that is rather pointless. -Amarkov moo! 23:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Wikipedians are people who work on said encyclopedia. Therefore, Wikipedians are for writing an encyclopedia. The point of that feeble attempt at a good syllogism is, every Wikipedian who is not a troll/sock/vandal is here to work on an encyclopedia. Therefore, we are all members, and it is pointless. Ne ra n e i   (talk)  03:32, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 'ize. — xaosflux  Talk  02:22, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. In addition to the all-inclusive nature of the page (pointed out above), there is no evidence that the page is used as a place to coordinate collaboration on certain topics or tasks. Regardless of its original intent, it is currently being used as little more than a signature page and/or a mostly-inactive 'hang-out' spot. The page offers no value that would justify a historical tag. Also delete (or, at least, rewrite) Template:User encyclopedia. Black Falcon (Talk) 17:17, 13 October 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.