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. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Aquarium fish[edit]

(Convenience link: subject article Aquarium fish redirects to Lists of aquarium life)

(Wikipedia:WikiProject Aquarium Fishes courtesy talkpage notified)

Delete Narrow subject portal (failing the WP:POG guideline on that count) that has been upgraded so the selected article scrolls through random articles, but the selected fish and selected image are static because each has only one subpage created, so this is the least multi-page of multi-page portals. No "In the news" section, no "Did you know. . ." section, no "On this day" section. And of course redundant to Portal:Fish. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:00, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this non-portal on a narrow topic. Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Aquarium fish confirms that there is only one of each item, so this is not a portal, just a static display. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:54, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The head article appears to be set as fishkeeping at present, though I see that was The Transhumanist et al.'s doing. The now-deleted original introduction linked to aquarium and fish, as well as fishkeeping, but did not talk about fishkeeping as an industry. I don't think this is a very narrow subject, there's quite a bit in Category:Fishkeeping to incorporate. However I'm not convinced that static portals such as this one are worth preserving. No necessary prejudice to recreating a proper portal on the topic. Espresso Addict (talk) 16:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Willing to change my mind if Tryptofish desires to update and expand this portal, as opposed to starting afresh at some future time. Espresso Addict (talk) 11:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Espresso Addict, that's very thoughtful of you. But it's fine with me to go ahead and delete it for now (and there is always the possibility of un-deleting and draftifying it at a later date). It's never been a high priority for me, and I'm unlikely to work on it soon. Thanks again. --Tryptofish (talk) 14:00, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Another portal created by a banned sockpuppetmaster. Has anyone checked the portal for copyright violations? (Editor was banned primarily for massive copyvio). Other points are valid. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:56, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep, but I don't want to push the point and will defer to other editors about it. The fact that it was created years ago by Drew Smith is a pretty weak reason to delete it. Aquarium fish and fishkeeping are a topic that easily stands on its own, separately from fish as a whole. WP:WikiProject Aquarium Fishes is active enough, and it's something I care about personally. That said, I actually don't think that the portal is really needed, at least in the present form, and I take the point that a "true" portal can still be created to replace it. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:11, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - too narrow topic portal, 12 subpages, created 2009-04-27 00:01:58 by User:Drew R. Smith, maintained by User:Tryptofish : Portal:Aquarium fish. Pldx1 (talk) 20:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No further explanation needed. Fishnerd (talk) 13:01, 5 May 2019 (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.