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. It must be noted that WikiProject Deletion sorting pages may not be used in violation of advertising and soliciting meatpuppets which states:

It is considered highly inappropriate or unacceptable to advertise Wikipedia articles that are being debated in order to attract users with known views and bias in order to strengthen one side of a debate. It is also considered highly inappropriate to ask friends or family members to create accounts for the purpose of giving additional support. Advertising or soliciting meatpuppet activity is not an acceptable practice on Wikipedia.

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[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] Similar WikiProjects

This project is similar to others concerned with improving Wikipedia's internal practices, such as those listed at Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects#Wikipedia. In particular, since it is concerned with categorization, it is similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories as well as Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting.

[edit] List changes

[edit] Notices

[edit] Proposals

Proposals to add or remove lists should be first raised on the project talk page. If there is support for the change, it should be listed here. Currently being considered are the following changes:

  • New list: "Economics"
  • New list: "Environment"
  • Closing list /Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
  • New list: "Pornographic actors"
  • New list: "Performing arts"
  • New list: "Academic journals, societies and conferences"

[edit] Tasks

  1. Maintain and clean up the existing lists.
  2. Make better tools.

[edit] Resources

[edit] Deletion Lists

  • Flat, a list of all current deletion lists, sorted alphabetically
  • Compact, a list of all current deletion lists, sorted by topic
  • See this page for a complete list of lists, including those which have been merged or abandoned.

[edit] Scripts and Tools

[edit] Templates

  • {{subst:delsort|<topic>}} is used for tagging active AfD discussions.
  • {{deletionlist|<topic>}} is the standard header for deletion lists. It should generally be enclosed in "<noinclude>" tags.
  • {{Topic|<topic>}} can be used to identify and link to other central pages related to a given topic.

[edit] Participants

I've been doing this for a long time on my own, so why not make it official?

[edit] See also