Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Related


 * 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The result of the debate was Withdrawn Cenarium (talk) 19:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Related
(Withdrawn, see below.  Sandstein   18:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC))

This appears to be intended as a template for linking to Wikipedia Signpost project pages in articlespace, e.g. in Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber. However, WP:ELNO normally prohibits linking to blogs and similarly unreliable websites (and the Signpost is essentially a blog written by Wikipedians), and WP:SELFREF also discourages such links. Moreover, the prominent formatting of this box gives the impression that the Signpost is an official auxiliary resource of Wikipedia, like Commons or Wikiquote, which it is not. If it is ever necessary to link to Signpost articles, this should be done in the "External links" section as normal.  Sandstein  08:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep WS has an unusual status, indeed. It is described as more of a "community newspaper" than as a blog.  No sign of misuse of this template has been shown, however.   Nor is the box more "prominent" than others.  Other templates linking to editor groups within WP are, in fact, more prominent, and even less "official." Unless and until a specific misuse of the template is found, I suggest that Keep is a prudent course.   By the way, EL applies to links outside the WP domains (see Internal link) and WP:EL. We can not say that the solution is to disregard WP guidelines in order to assuage a belief that the special status of WS does not exist. Collect (talk) 11:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The specific misuse of the template is in Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber.  Sandstein   16:10, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep As the creator of this template, I can assure you it is not for use in article space. As far as I know it's only ever been used for liking to related Signpost articles in Wikipedia-space, eg during discussions. It's helpful to provide background for those new to a discussion if we have coverage of it. &mdash; PretzelsHii! 13:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, that's fine with me. I nominated it because I saw it used in articlespace, see above. Maybe you could update the documentation to that effect?  Sandstein   16:10, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I will do just that! &mdash; PretzelsHii! 00:14, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I modified it so that it can no longer be used in mainspace (displays nothing there). Cenarium (talk) 18:20, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Consider the request withdrawn, then.  Sandstein   18:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
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