Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to create a workable system for Deletion sorting, which has evolved into a complementary way of organizing deletion discussions (e.g. they are organized into topical lists in addition to their normal organization by date alone).
To help this project, please add new AFD discussions to one of the current list of deletion categories.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.
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[edit] Title
WikiProject on Deletion sorting
[edit] Scope
This project involves transcluding AFD discussions in category specific pages, that makes it easier for people find a topic they have knowledge and interest in. In the past, and still in most cases presently, these discussions are organized solely by date. At one time this level of structure was adequate, because there were sufficiently few deletions that a person could review most of them on a daily basis while still contributing as a Wikipedian. However, Articles for deletion has grown far beyond human scale, with a throughput now approaching 1,000 pages per week and rising quickly. This has the effect of separating deletion debates from the healthy process of encyclopedia-building. It is hoped that a workable system for categorized deletion, which will bring deletion debates to the attention of editors active in relevant topical areas, will alleviate these problems.
[edit] Inspiration
This project was strongly inspired by Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting, and also by the ongoing discussion on deletion reform.
[edit] Descendant WikiProjects
No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.
[edit] Similar WikiProjects
This project is similar to others concerned with improving Wikipedia's internal practices, such as those listed at [[1]]. In particular, since it is concerned with categorization, it is similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories as well as Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting.
[edit] Participants
- Uncle Ed (initial creator of this page)
- Mariano 14:45, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Urthogie 09:22, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- Rob 20:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- --Jaranda wat's sup 03:34, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
- utcursch | talk
- Yeago 06:38, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- Kimchi.sg 10:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- Silensor 03:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- the wub "?!" 11:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- -- Lost(talk) 06:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tasks
- Maintain and clean up the existing lists.
- Make better tools.
[edit] Tools
[edit] Templates
Proposals for additional deletion templates are welcome.
- Template:Delsort is used for tagging active discussions.
- Template:Deltab is a javascript tool that can be used to automate the addition of Template:Delsort to discussions.
- Template:Deletionlist is the standard header for deletion sortpages. It should generally be enclosed in "<noinclude>" tags.
- Template:Topic can be used to identify and link to other central pages related to a given topic.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Template is not actually a template in the sense of the above items. It is a model for new deletion lists. (Please discuss in List Control before starting a new list.)
[edit] Lists
- /Flat, a list of all current deletion lists.
- See this page for a complete list of lists, including those which have been merged or abandoned.
