Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Merge

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. Consensus is that Wikipedia maintenance functions carried out by editors, such as merging articles, in no way forms a valid basis for a portal for Wikipedia's readers. Bencherlite ^Talk 13:13, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Merge

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Merge/Archive 1#Merge Portal; this portal is intended as an interface to a maintenance category. I don't think that is a proper use of portal space, so I believe this should either be deleted or should be moved to be a WikiProject subpage. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as every other portal is an index to articles BY TOPIC. Articles to be merged is not a topic but a maintenance category. No need to move the page to project space as there's no content there. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 17:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't have to be a topic and your explanation is false. It is an "area" of Wikipedia for editor contributions to the subject of "merging".--Amadscientist (talk) 19:11, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Except that unlike Biology, Ghana or Russian Literature, merging isn't a subject anywhere but Wikipedia maintenance. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 01:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - What it is intened for is exactly what portals are meant for. It isn't finished and the nominator has not asked the author of the page what it's intention is. The nominator is making such claim and is simply incorrect. It's intention is clear. To aid readers and editors (this is not just a readers encyclopedia) navigate the pages under which the subject of merge has context. Seems silly to immediatly nominate this page simply because you don't "think" it is a proper use of portal space. Exactly how is it not a proper use of space if it hasn't even been built or close to a completed page. I also believe the nominator is going on their own perceptions and has not used a single Wikipedia policy or guideline to make this nomination.--Amadscientist (talk) 19:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Both editors are simply wrong. From Wikipedia Portals: "Portals are pages intended to serve as "Main Pages" for specific topics or areas. Portals may be associated with one or more WikiProjects; unlike WikiProjects, however, they are meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution."

I don't know why the two editor have failed to understand this but it is very discouraging that they are so set on deleting content and don't even understand the basics of what portals are for.--Amadscientist (talk) 19:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My request for an example of a maintenance category portal still has gone unanswered. And how can a maintenance category have a "Main Page?" D O N D E groovily Talk to me 00:59, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete : I don't see the point of rating articles for a project which shouldn't be editing articles after they've been (or were declined) merge. I figured that once the backlog was beaten down that this project would go into semi-active mode, or perhaps expand to deal with other housekeeping issues. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 11:30, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know the future of the project after the backlog. The article is not "project" related just within the projects scope.--Amadscientist (talk) 22:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, gross misuse of template space since portals are supposed to navigate by topic. And this does not. Perhaps speedy? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:58, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This portal doesn't relate to a topic, but rather to a Wikipedia function, which is not a plausible subject for a portal. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:55, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - (Neutral, not !voting). Perhaps just integrate any ideas for the project portal directly into Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge, so information is all at one place. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As Wikipedia spreads all over with millions of articles, merge is an important issue to keep focus on topics and deserves a portal. History2007 (talk) 14:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- How? "Merge" is not a topic. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 16:24, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.