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The proposed deletion of Caméléon language has been listed in Language-related. It's a programming language. Is that usual? —Tamfang (talk) 16:00, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Just thought I would mention that when I was busy doing this I saw a proposed deletion of a C++ related article which ended with a "delete". Just in case anyone here cares. Ottawahitech (talk) 15:13, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Do we need this Wikiproject. Absolutely no activity for the past one and half years. Articles related to orissa are anyway covered in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/India. --Anbu121 (talk me) 13:35, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Please comment on proposed changes regarding signatures in deletion sorting template. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 02:48, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone mind if Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Paranormal is extended to WP:FRINGE subjects in general? It seems that fringe articles as a topic is more of interest than specifically paranormal. IRWolfie- (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
I see from the archives that there has been some discussion about this tool - does anyone know what is the current status, and if it is being worked on currently? pablo 14:14, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Currently articles about particular businesses and about business practices are all sorted under "Business". The list is usually very large because of it, and not all management articles necessarily pertain to business, but to organizations and government as well, so I've been thinking of creating a "Management" list for them. It could be transcluded into Business so that editors that expect to find those sort of nominations there would still find them. Any thoughts? — Frankie (talk) 17:11, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Deletion Sorting for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 05:08, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Not sure if I added the notice for the above to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/British Columbia properly. If no, feel free to fix. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 06:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure there's an easy way to do this, but wouldn't it make sense to rename Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America as Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States? It's in line with United States and generally less clunky. --BDD (talk) 23:44, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Speaking of name changes, any thoughts on moving /Rugby union to /Rugby football? I think it makes sense to include the other forms in the same list — Frankie (talk) 08:28, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
Just wondering if the categories devised by this wikiproject can help me:
I am looking for all wp:AFDs that were closed as delete on a certain date. Trying to locate a page that I contributed to, but don't know the name of the page. Thanks in advance for any tips. Ottawahitech (talk) 00:45, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
I continue to monitor my [contibutions] by recording them daily. Funny enough after posting here on Nov 11, 42 mysterious contributions reappeared on my record. Unfortuanely, 34 others were wiped out since in dribs-and-drabs. Ottawahitech (talk) 15:30, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
Some of the terminology used on this Project page is a mystery to me, but I am hoping I am at the right place for the following request: I would like to learn how to add deletion discussions to a project page. Is this the right place? thnx in advance. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:55, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Wolter is a geologist and not an academic or educator, yet he's been added to this list. I asked Frankie on their talk page but then realised that this is possibly a better place both for Frankie to reply and obviously others. Dougweller (talk) 06:25, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to be an absolute pain but I was trying to ensure the AfD for Podeollie was included on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dogs/Article_alerts along with all the other dog related AfDs. I can see it is listed under organism AfDs but I really cannot find the right category to get it included with the other dog project ones. Can someone help.............please? SagaciousPhil - Chat 19:18, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
I am just wondering if there is any advantage for continued use of deletion sorting when Wikipedia:Article alerts is now available for WikiProjects? Ottawahitech (talk) 02:33, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Something in the formatting is messed up that prevents anybody here from editing it. Crtew (talk) 13:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
WP:WPNZ is developing a list of New Zealand-related sources at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Sources. It is expected that these sources will be particularly used in AfDs (and for achieving NPOV in BLPs). Is there a way to include the link during the deletion sorting process? Stuartyeates (talk) 22:12, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Could tou people consider voting on the Daniel Street AfD? ThanksPhd8511 (talk) 15:02, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
I just became aware of the News delsort. Due to WP:NOTNEWS, isn't this a bit prejudicial? What's next, Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Cruft? I'm inclined to test it at MfD, but I thought I'd check in here to see if there was a good rationale I'm overlooking first. --BDD (talk) 20:26, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
I've added a few shortcuts:
Would be great if some of the other pages could get WP:SHORTcut links too :) Barney the barney barney (talk) 14:47, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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Under WP:DS/C there are 32 unsorted links. Do you guys mind if i categorize them under several headings? Pass a Method talk 14:17, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
We have quite a lot of variation wrt WP:shortcuts. A lot of them appear in clusters under
For a start, I think we should have a common naming convention for the shortcut to country delsort pages. e.g. either WP:DSZZ and/or WP:DS/ZZ where ZZ is the two letter country code. If we did that, WP:DSRU (Rugby) would need to make way for Russia. We have a few countries using one letter codes, like WP:DSA, WP:DSI, WP:DSJ, WP:DSP and maybe others. 'J' is fairly unique for country names, but Judaism is a suitable replacement target. The others are more problematic, with many countries starting with A, I and P. Which one should be given the shorter code...? Personally, I think that the one letter codes should be reused for topical lists rather than country lists. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/People directs users to list models at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment/Announcements. However, that page appears to be a dead letter. Nothing substantive has been added to it since June 2012; the addition before that was January 2010. I asked users at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment whether the announcements page is still a going concern, but received no reply. I think it would be better to remove the link to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment/Announcements and replace it with Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Fashion, with the same parenthetical "(e.g. models)". Cnilep (talk) 05:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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I have proposed this page for deletion at MfD. Discussion can be found here. Liz Read! Talk! 13:35, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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I have made a proposal for deletion sorting to be added to Twinkle since the now-broken tool by John Vandenberg required Twinkle. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 20:37, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
I don't think that categories being proposed for deletion, renaming or merging at CfD are being "picked up" by this deletion sorting. Does each nomination need to be tagged with the relevant topic? I see a tag for AfD discussions but none for CfD.
This would really be welcome as I've been posting dozens of CfD notices on related WikiProjects to alert them about deletion discussions. Liz Read! Talk! 15:06, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
For the want of a better place, I'm gonna dump a list of politic figures here. These BLPs haven't had citations provided in over three months. I haven't checked them over, perhaps some may need to be deleted but I'm busy in other areas right now so any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. -- Hillbillyholiday talk 03:48, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
S. M. L. Marikkar Don Francis (Canadian politician) |
Anwar ul Haq (Baheer Mujahid) |
Can this page be put up for deletion? No page links to this one. Liz Read! Talk! 18:12, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Only a few states' deletion sortings are listed on this page instead of all 50. What is the template used to make them appear on the page? Or should this page just be a set of links? Liz Read! Talk! 18:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Could we please have a new deletion sorting subpage at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Freedom of speech, to be used in conjunction with articles related to Wikipedia:WikiProject Freedom of speech ?
Thank you for your time -- and thank you for this wonderful project for organizing deletion sorting on Wikipedia,
— Cirt (talk) 23:53, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
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The page noted has been nominated for deletion. Please comment at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Piracy Oiyarbepsy (talk) 14:54, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Could someone put this article for deletion? It was left, but this person is insignificant. In the Ukrainian Wikipedia article was deleted twice. Author just places articles about his relatives (sorry for mistakes). Шиманський Василь (talk) 16:59, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
I couldn't find a deletion category for Thailand. Laos also seems to be missing. For that matter, I couldn't find a generic "Asia" list either. --MelanieN (talk) 19:44, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
What is the purpose of this page? It seems to have diverged form the original, and now doesn't work. I will try to rescue it if it is of potential use. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:37, 26 June 2014 (UTC).
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To someone such as myself who uses this template only sparingly, the documentation doesn't make it very clear that when you subst the template onto a deletion discussion, you then have to take the extra step of transcluding the deletion discussion onto the list. Five months ago, I made this mistake in the case of this AFD, assuming that the discussion would automatically appear in the list, and wondering why it didn't. I only figured it out just now when I did the same in the case of another AFD. I suspect because I'm using my laptop rather than my phone, I was able to figure it out now because scanning through many pages on my phone would have taken forever and therefore wasn't worth the bother. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 10:11, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
Currently, a LOT of beauty pageant stuff gets dumped in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Fashion and it is REALLY FRUSTRATING - unless the contestant has worked as a fashion model or in design, they often have very, very little relevance to fashion. Most of the time, the Fashion AFD page is overwhelmed by barely relevant AFDs for pageant contestants or for beauty pageants - at this point, there are 52 active AFDs on the fashion page.
THEN... the remaining 40 are all beauty pageant related. That's nearly 77% of the Fashion AFD list - and even allowing for the fact there are a lot listed at the moment, that's pretty much par for the course. It gets very frustrating sometimes - I admit I've made quite a few snarky comments about it in various AFDs over the years. But is there a reason we can't spin off such a highly popular(!) category to its own AFD section? Mabalu (talk) 15:52, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
How do I go about setting up a new classification for swimming topics? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:34, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Currently Category:Wikipedia deletion sorting has a fair number of user pages that do not seem to belong to the category. It seems to be because those deletion sorting pages are being transcluded onto a feed page for those users. I would wrap the categories in each of the pages with a <noinclude> but I didn't want to break anything in case this was intended. Thoughts? ― Padenton|✉ 21:06, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
I went through WP:DSL (Flat list) and added everything that wasn't at WP:DS/C (compact list) to WP:DS/C. While doing so, I noticed there are a few things in compact that weren't in flat, but I didn't have time to check that every thing on compact is also in flat. That explanation was probably convoluted, so: The List by topic (DS/C) now has everything in the lists by ABC(DSL), but the lists by ABC (DSL) may not have everything in lists by topic (DS/C) as of this comment, and I'm hoping someone else might be willing to go through it. ― Padenton|✉ 23:42, 3 May 2015 (UTC) Also went through most of [3] and added to both. Both lists should be up to date now but I might've missed something. Few things:
Articles about neologisms frequently find their way to AfD. We have Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/language, but the subject of an article about a neologism is not typically going to be language or linguistics but rather the meaning of that neologism. To take a current example, Queunliskanphobia may be an etymological curiosity but the subject is "the pathological fear of saliva", certainly of little interest to someone interested in language (though I suppose you could argue that saliva is involved in spoken language?). Add to this the lesser point that there are separate notability guidelines for neologisms and, to me, it makes sense as a delsort category. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 01:40, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
After installing WP:FWDS and having my cactions menu (e.g. "More ▼") spammed with a whole lot of options, I made User:APerson/delsort. It functions the same way, meaning that you don't have to edit the deletion sorting list because the script takes care of it for you. If anybody wants to test it out and report possible improvements here, that would be great. Having tested it out on testwiki first, I'm certain there aren't any major problems with it. APerson (talk!) 19:54, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
I think there should be a separate deletion sorting for math-related articles, which would probably best be located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mathematics. However I am not quite sure if this is a good idea or how to do it, so I am posting it here for feedback. Everymorning talk 20:01, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
I propose that WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Video games be setup like the other delsort categories. Currently it requires that discussions be manually be added since scripts like WP:FWDS and User:APerson/delsort do not work. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 03:48, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Please review the following threads: 2012, 2013, May 2014, September 2014. I'm fairly certain my opinion hasn't changed since then. --Izno (talk) 17:05, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
I think that for each deletion sorting WikiProject, there should be another WikiProject that lists relisted deletion debates that were listed on that WikiProject before they got relisted. That way, experienced editors will be able to choose to nearly effortlessly participate in only relisted deletion discussions. If lots of experienced editors do the same, the relisted deletion debates will get so more attention then they would have. For example, For example, debates in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Internet could be moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Internet (relisting) after they get relisted. Blackbombchu (talk) 02:24, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
This is a request from WikiProject Disability that a section specifically for disability related deletions be created. We often miss relevant AFDs because no such sorting section exists. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:42, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi WikiProject Deletion sorting: Just a heads up that a new deletion sorting page was created on 16 October 2015 for companies, located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Companies. Thanks for your work in performing deletion sorting on Wikipedia. North America1000 16:58, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
The USA list has a strange structure and it appears to be largely ignored. The first section is titled "Deletion review", yet from what I've seen everyone just dumps all listed AfDs in that section without regard for its title. In addition, below there is a limited selection of individual states' lists, and it's unclear why states aren't transcluded on an all-or-none basis. —烏Γ (kaw) │ 20:40, 06 November 2015 (UTC)
Drawing attention to discussion on the instructions for entering items for deletion sorting at Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Incoherent_guideline. I would welcome input from the regulars on this project: Noyster (talk), 11:59, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
I removed Hope Abbey from the merge proposal section, as it was merged with Eugene Masonic Cemetery on March 28, 2014. MB298 (talk) 01:14, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
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If responding to a deletion discussion should not be done on a sorting page, I suggest saying so in this page and on each sortation page, where we should advise people to go directly to the main discussion (each sorting page discussion has a link but it's not eye-catching). If responding on the sorting page is okay, that could lead to forked discussions where most of us and an AfD closer would likely miss it. Nick Levinson (talk) 03:54, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
If possible, would it be feasible to create a delsort category for Malta, currently we are sorting Maliese-related discussions under the Europe category, which in my view is somewhat inappropriate. Nordic Dragon 14:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
I think that Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Washington should be retitled Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Washington (U.S. state) to distinguish it from other titles listed at Washington (a disambig page) and in line w/states like Georgia that share names with other places (in the case of Washington, it's easy to confuse it with Washington D.C.). Do others agree? Everymorning (talk) 03:24, 4 April 2016 (UTC) Agree - I agree with @Everymorning:. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:49, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
In the last few days I have found myself unable to add deletion discussions to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Academics and educators and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Turkey, although I have been able to add them to other deletion sorting lists. I get no message explaining why my edits don't work, but the only reason I can think of is that the pages might be semi-protected. Are they? And, if so, why? And, to overcome the immediate problem, could someone please add Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed al-Mous to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Academics and educators? 86.17.222.157 (talk) 18:14, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
Not quite sure how to put this, but shouldn't we include something like "women" or perhaps "notable women" or maybe break it down further to "women researchers/scientists/academics/"? If we add "women" it could be also be applied as a sub-category to the aforementioned. Thanks in advance. Atsme📞📧 16:29, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
There's a discussion about delsort templates for files at WT:FFD#Delsort tags. Any feedback from this WikiProject's members would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:25, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
I see someone moved the "Companies" delsort out of the "add custom" window, which means we don't have to type in Companies (capitalized) each time. I think this was a rather recent change and it's a time saver. thanks, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:56, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm wondering how to create a new list of Malta. Could someone help me out? --Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:57, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello! I'm interested in creating a new category and from what I've read in the talk here there's nothing to stop me creating my own. But I was thinking that it would be quite helpful to have a section on the main page outlining the procedure. At first I wasn't even sure if I was allowed to set up a new one myself or if I had to request it first. Just a friendly suggestion. PageantUpdater (talk) 23:38, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I've created a new archaeology list, as previously archaeology articles tended to be inconsistently sorted into history, science, social science, geography, etc. Joe Roe (talk) 09:42, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
I just took the liberty of moving the Organisms deletion sorting page from "Topical" to "Science." There are a few more rather obvious moves of that nature, I think, for some other relatively recently-created pages -- such as Archaeology or Geography, both of which are sciences. Any objection to me moving more? Or feel that Organisms should've stayed under Topical? Perhaps Archaeology or Geography are the more obvious moves, in that they are named for bona fide branches of science -- where is Organisms is not called Biology. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:41, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi deletion sorters, i have just added an afd to the above list, and noticed that it is showing closed discussions going back to 2012, is a bot forgetting to clean out this list? thanks. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:12, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I would ask editors more familiar with the technical side of things to please join in at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_December_9#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting.2FBuildings. I've never seen a deletion sorting redirect before -- I guess this is why. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:14, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi all, I've noticed while skimming a few sort pages that there are sometimes little bits of old stuff (like PRODs) that have settled to the bottom of a sort page, and apparently don't get cleared by bot. For examples, scroll to the bottom of New York or Massachusetts. I'm guessing these can be safely removed (the items are of a 2007 to 2009 vintage in those examples) but they do note they are for occasional archiving. Is it worth the bother? I see where the archives are but tracking PRODs etc. seems to have been a non-starter, and there's rarely anything of this sort in the archives. Thanks - Antepenultimate (talk) 06:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
I tried User:Enterprisey's tool today on an AfD I started and added "Mythology" as a custom list but it simply came out as a redlink so I deleted it. The only other category even vaguely relevant was "Literature" so I used that. I'm sure there will be other things missing: can someone review the lists. Thanks! — Iadmc♫talk 12:52, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
As of right now this page lists AfDs by topic-pages along their relevant WikiProject, with the latter however not linking to their respective AfD pages.
Could somebody please add links to these pages to the lists of tasks of the WikiProjects? For the WikiProjects that have a ToDo-template it should be added there, for those which don't have such the todo items are typically included on the main WikiProject page directly.
The entry could look like this example for WP:WikiProject Film:
* Review [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Film|articles for deletion nominations]]
making:
Maybe it would be best to create script for that or a tool that helps with that task.
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This script by User:John Vandenberg is listed as 'reported to not be working' since at least 2015. Please remove it, and also blank Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/delsort.js if something like this is indeed not working. Leaving broken scripts out in the field leads to broken experiences for users who have it installed (and most people are not technical enough to properly diagnose their problem). —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:48, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Archive subpages, like Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Events/archive, have been edited by a bot, operated by Anomie. The subpages have become longer and slower to load. Splitting the subpages would affect the bot's ability to archive an AfD discussion. How must we be careful on the splitting? --George Ho (talk) 17:07, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
... literally in the last little while, even today? Because in mid-stream as I do my sorting I see each tag is now bordered by a horizontal line. Was there a discussion about this? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:23, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello, folks. I'm posting this here because the talk page for the above-named sort-category is a re-direct to here. At the top of the sort page, there is an instruction advising sorters to avoid placing a deletion discussion in the USA category if it can appropriately be placed in a state-level category. And yet, some sorters don't seem to have seen that instruction. I'd like to duplicate the instruction in the body of the page, at the same place a similar instruction appears in WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting/People. And if that second instruction appears, should it be followed by a listing of all the individual state sort-categories? Or just a link to the larger WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America/sorted by state category? Your thoughts on this will be appreciated. NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:53, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
I wonder if someone handy could set up "Trump-related deletion discussions" page? There seems to be quite a number of such articles coming up for deletion, so a dedicated page may be nice. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:09, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi. @WilliamJE: has taken to reverting my edits here and now here when I've added Afd discussions for American bio articles who appeared to me to have a claim for notability at the national level. In the case of King, the article has since been amended to clarify that he "lead (sic) the field program in the state for Keep the Promise I PAC supporting Ted Cruz," so I accept that the claim to notability may well rest at the state level. But regarding the latest case, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Carter IV, he is said in the lead to have "entered the public eye during the 2012 presidential election, when he discovered video of Mitt Romney's 47% comment." The claim to notability isn't tied to Carter's residency in Georgia, it seems to me, but what he did or didn't do to shape the 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts. This is a case where I feel we have a valid reason to 'go national' for editors who may not be interested in every one of the 50 state-level Afds. May I ask other editors state their views here? I understand the need to diffuse as many discussions as possible to the state level, as instructed atop the page. It's something I do try to do in my deletion sorting. I'm trying to find what the common sense cut off is for American figures who are arguably nationally notable. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:11, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
The reason that thread got started was because there was a small number of sorters who were routinely adding pages to both the state and the country lists. But the issue raised by your question isn't quite the same. As I understand it, your question seems to be whether there are any circumstances where the country list is to be used in lieu of the state list (and not just in addition to the state list). And I don't have an answer to that. In all likelihood, I would probably have sorted Carter to "Georgia", confident in the knowledge that people interest in politics would also see the AfD listed under "Politicians". But if I had come across your sorting to "United States", I wouldn't have changed it.
I recognize that this is a rather wishy-washy response. But it reflects my feeling that this is a really borderline case. I hope my response is at least a little bit helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 20:38, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
Could someone please add the deletion sorting lists "Band and musicians" and "Music" (and possibly "Maryland") to my AfD of Stacked Like Pancakes yesterday? And while you're at it, could you please explain why I don't seem to be able to do it myself? It used to work fine, but the last couple of times I've tried, it apparently ends up as part of the script for the AfD itself, and I have no idea why. I follow the instructions for nominating an article and add the template ((subst:delsort|Bands and musicians|~~~~))
, etc. but it doesn't seem to add the AfD to the relevant lists. Thanks. Richard3120 (talk) 15:46, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
It would be very helpful if also categories and templates listed, is it possible? in the deletion list pages it is stated that:
"Other types of discussions
You can also add and remove links to other discussions (prod, CfD, TfD etc.) related to Computing."
while it is not possible, because CfD and TfD does not have a specified discussion page like AfD, I tested this for Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2017_September_15#Category:Linux_distributions_without_systemd and I was un-successful. Can anyone solve this problem?
Editor-1 (talk) 10:36, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
((#section-h:page|section))
(see WP:TRANSCLUSION for more details). However I wonder if this would be problematic for other reasons like maintenance bots, existing assistance delsort tools, edit capability, etc. Another possibility is to also notify relevant noticeboards and WikiProject talk pages instead of using the deletion sorting lists. —PaleoNeonate – 19:37, 3 October 2017 (UTC)((#section-h:PAGENAME|SECTIONNAME))
but it seems does not work, can you please test it? Editor-1 (talk) 04:08, 4 October 2017 (UTC)((#section-h:Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 September 15|Category:Linux distributions without systemd))
on a test page does transclude the section for me, but does not include the section name or provide a discussion edit link, which seems problematic for use on such a list (unless a subpage was created doing that transclusion and this temporary page was transcluded on that list). —PaleoNeonate – 04:39, 4 October 2017 (UTC)((subst:Cfd notice|Linux distributions without systemd))
.Many of you use Article Alerts to get notified of discussions (PRODs and AfD in particular). However, due to our limit resources (one bot coder), not a whole lot of work can be done on Article Alerts to expand and maintain the bot. If the coder gets run over by a bus, then it's quite possible this tool would become unavailable in the future.
There's currently a proposal on the Community Wishlist Survey for the WMF to take over the project, and make it both more robust / less likely to crash / have better support for new features. But one of the main things is that with a full team behind Article Alerts, this could also be ported to other languages!
So if you make use of Article Alerts and want to keep using it and see it ported to other languages, please go and support the proposal. And advertise it to the other deletion projects in other languages too to let them know this exists, otherwise they might miss out on this feature! Thanks in advance! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:06, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
Was surprised we don't have a category for books. We have "literature", but that's not really ideal for many books (and it encompasses more than books). Any objections to creating it? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:58, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
Would it be worth requesting an automatic process to insert a prominent warning on any AFD discussion page that hasn't yet been placed on any deletion sorting list? I'm thinking something like the red message that comes up when a cite error is introduced, as can be seen on any mainspace page under Category:Pages with reference errors.
Most AFDs do get deletion-sorted, but in in the great majority of cases it's not done by the nominator but by a handful of dedicated people. If these people are not around, deletion sorting may be missed, as in 8 cases on the November 26 log, or may not be done until days later as with this one or this one. If we can encourage nominators and others to ensure that all AFDs go on deletion sorting lists promptly, it should make for greater participation and input from those with an interest in the topic area: Noyster (talk), 12:15, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Is there a place where the definitions of each category are established? I am not sure there should be, but I would like to make a request. Recently I have put the majority of my efforts towards improving articles nominated for discussion with an eye towards establishing their suitability for the encyclopedia. My interest and focus has been on biography of historic people. In my mind, most people active more than 20 years ago may be considered historic. Thus, I focus on Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/History and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Military. Sometimes I look through Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/People to see if any are missed. I rarely find any, but I wanted to mention three types of articles I frequently see not categorized as history that I wish were: sportspeople, artists and actors, and small-town politicians. I don't mean to ask for more work, but I wouldn't mind if editors were a little more liberal in categorizing biographies in those groups as historic. I don't know if there has been a discussion on this, and am happy to hear the thoughts of others. In the meantime, thank you all so much for your work. There are a number of editors (of various different philosophies on article retention/deletion) who rely on it heavily and we all really value this project. Smmurphy(Talk) 18:27, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
I have been delsorting for a few months now and have noticed a lack of Financial or otherwise related categories, so I made Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Finance. However, when I used User:Enterprisey/delsort tool to add Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark E. Watson III to it, the discussion was not automatically added. Is there anything I have to do so it will be automatic. Also, will the various delisting bots recognise the category and operate, or is there something else I have to do? Thanks, L3X1 Become a New Page Patroller! (distænt write) 20:33, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
Once discussions are closed on the "bands and musicians" deletion sorting list, they should be archived at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bands and musicians/archive 2. However, nothing seems to have been archived to this page since January 1st. Where are the closed discussions going – has an "archive 3" page been opened without anyone knowing about it? Richard3120 (talk) 00:36, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I tried to add a couple tags to William Lanzaro and the XfD is not appearing on either of the deletion lists. Can someone help? Thanks --Enos733 (talk) 18:42, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
WikiProject Corruption is currently being worked on and I was wondering how a deletion sorting could be created for article alerts, as well as other alerts such as move requests and nominations. Thanks in advance! --Jamez42 (talk) 23:41, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
The page exists and has been used in the past but it isn't listed at Deletion sorting/compact and if you try delsort tab at the top of an afd, Qatar isn't listed. What is going on?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 10:44, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi I thought I'd just let you know there is a a discussion going on about edit warring at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America and maybe it would be good to have some input from project members as to this subject because the actions of the editor that has been reported is in the scope of this project. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:WilliamJE_reported_by_User:Hhkohh_(Result:_) Dom from Paris (talk) 16:59, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Why does this page have empty sections and subsections for some sports, like boxing? Various other sports and groups of sports (cue sports, etc.) don't. It seems weird, and unhelpfully gunks up the ToC, to preserve empty sections. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 22:51, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
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Atop the Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America page a hatnote states:
This is a high level category for deletion sorting. It is strongly recommended you do not add discussions directly to it. Instead, please add them to a more specific category, such as a state and/or relevant subject area. Please review the list of available deletion categories.
This has worked well for some time, as the page would become very long at times in the past. However, lately many additions to the page have been reverted, in a manner that appears to be a situation where the application of one's own criterion is coming into play, rather than the precedent for the types of listings that have typically been posted on the page. See the page's Revision history for some background on how the page has typically been used.
To clarify matters, I propose that the following be listed in the lead the Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America page, to create a functional guideline and to prevent misunderstandings.
This United States of America deletion sorting page may be used for the following types of articles:
- Topics and subjects that are U.S.-based, whereby the article does not provide a specific state of origin or states where activity occurs.
- Media such as films, television shows and books that have national distribution in the United States.
- Products that have national distribution and a significant presence in the United States.
- Multinational companies that have a significant presence in the United States, whereby the article does not provide specific state(s) of location.
— North America1000 05:46, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
I had a look at the Project page and nowhere does it mention what's the criteria to be able to sort into the country sorting. I thought that any pages related to the country e.g. albums released there, people born there, etc, are sorted into the country relevant country category. For example, if a singer is born in California but is famous in Australia, they are sorted into the California category and Australia category. Same goes for albums release in country Malaysia, Thailand, and China. The album are sorted into those country category. Please correct me if I'm wrong. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 19:17, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
I can't find any criteria over when a page is sorted into a category and when it's not sorted into the category. I thought it's sorted into all relevant categories. For example, I think a music album is sorted into the album category as well as the music category and into the categories of the countries the album is published in. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 19:33, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
The British tend to use the word topical as (of a subject) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events. a popular topical affairs programme The Oxford English Dictionary does also give the definition as Relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject. foreign or topical stamps but I don't think I've ever heard it used like that day-to-day. I was looking for "politics" in the toc on the compact list but couldn't see it. I thought "oh, it must be under culture". I didn't realise that there was a topical / general list at the top (it's a weird list btw, Conservativism but no Socialism). --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 06:56, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
I created Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Nicaragua and added an AfD for a Canadian who was born in Nicaragua. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:09, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
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This page has far to many musicians on it. I know artists are sometimes called "musical artists", as are "makeup artists" and "sandwich artists". However we do not need deletion lists for makeup or sandwich artists owing to the low volume of AfDs for these groups, and musical artists already have the "musicians" deletions list. The artists list attracts a lot of high-quality and thoughtful contributors to art-related AfDs. I for one am a bit tired of weeding out the rappers and the makeup artists. Thoughts on narrowing the definition to something like "visual and media artists, fine artists and craftspeople"? Pinging @Vexations: and @Theredproject: for input to get things started.96.127.242.226 (talk) 00:00, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
My bad. I was using Delsort and was under the impression that musicians counted as artists. PS isn't make up artists visual artists? I don't think there's a seperate category for them. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk to me • ✍️ Contributions) 16:11, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
There is a discussion over at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Artists, where several people have been complaining that people who are musicians in particular are being posted there. Please all note that by convention "artists" on WP categories, sorting etc just means visual arts people, not "recording artists", make-up artists etc. Please don't add noms to this list unless the person is said to be a visual artist of some sort. I've added a note to the list page, and we might consider changing the name to make this more clear. Thanks, Johnbod (talk) 15:56, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
"specific intent"is the fetishization of utilitarian objects. Reliable sources will refer to many things as art and to an extent we are compelled to follow those sources. And there is no great harm in addressing even non-art entities in a collection of articles on items being considered for deletion. I think the main distinction this discussion is about is the distinction between musical artists and visual artists. But a question was raised about "crafts" and "media artists", which in turn led to your mention of a particular grade of surfboard, shoes, and pool cue. These are borderline cases. A big first step would be if we could just keep "recording artists", musicians, out of the list of visual arts-related articles being considered for deletion. Bus stop (talk) 08:20, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
I see that we have a Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mythology. Might I request a Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Folklore? Myth is one of many genres of folklore, and a rather narrowly defined one, at that. :bloodofox: (talk) 23:46, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
I wonder if an idea for Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Trump ever came up, and if anybody would be interested in setting it up (provided that's a good idea)? --K.e.coffman (talk) 10:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
In addition to the history list, would it be possible have lists of some kind for 'non-contemporary' topics? I keep seeing, for example, articles about people who died a long time ago on various lists, but not on the history list. Since we have a severe recentism problem, and since these nominations are usually badly wrong, it might be helpful to have a way of identifying them quickly. At the moment, one would have to look at a very large number of lists to find them. James500 (talk) 08:46, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Apologies to anyone who tried to use my delsort script during a brief period just now - I broke the script accidentally. Should all be fixed now. Enterprisey (talk!) 00:31, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Comments please, on Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)/Archive 26#Semi-automate DELSORT based on Project tags. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 14:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
There does not appear to be a category for Rugby League and people are using Rugby Union instead - this is really not an appropriate category. noq (talk) 10:30, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
How would I go about suggesting a new deletion section, for Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Cue sports. Cue sports covers an awful lot of articles, including billiards, pool, snooker and quite a few video games.
Is this scope wide enough for a deletion sorting, and am I asking in the correct place? Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:14, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
I created some new lists in DELSORT-WP:DSENTERTAINMENT and WP:DSKERALA. I created this because some articles related to this topic saw in AfD. Please check.--PATH SLOPU (Talk) 13:40, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Can someone more knowledgeable than me please put the covering info back at the top of the "deletion sorting: United Kingdom" page? It is not there currently because, stupidly, I simply deleted the vandalism on the page rather than do a full "undo" which would have restored it exactly as it was. RobinCarmody (talk) 20:42, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
So why is there no Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Men deletion sorting page? Sure, women have received maltreatment throughout history, which is my assumption for why this page exists (e.g. unfair coverage in media, lessened media coverage compared to men, gender-based bias in journalistic coverage, etc.), but so have some men. North America1000 02:14, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
It seems that AfDs are getting sorted into more lists of deletion discussions than they used to be. For example, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erika Tham is currently sorted into 16 different lists. Is this actually helpful, or should we seek to limit the number of lists that an AfD gets sorted into? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
Timmy is an American investor. He is best known for purchasing a British auto company from bankruptcy, here is details. Timmy also has invented 3 cryptocurrencies, here is details. Timmy went to university in China and Denmark.While that is a very abbreviated example, the relevant DelSort categories would be USA, businesspeople, UK, transport, and finance. China and Denmark don't need to be added as it was very brief, and not what he was known for, neither does Education. An ]AfD I just saw has 7 DS categories, but I find them to be within reason and helpful. The category Women doesn't need to be added though. Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:50, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
Is there a reason why MFD isn't mentioned in the deletion sorting thing? Like... Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Trilliant/sandbox + Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Astronomy seem to work... soo... is that wrong to do?? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 04:45, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
I have a minor disagreement with User:WilliamJE about tagging of actors living in the US, e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sally Dworsky. I thought such AFD are tagged with the state as well as the general US page. I remember that Will had an AN/I opened against him with policing the US delsort. Can another member chime in? --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 15:57, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
This United States of America deletion sorting page may be used for the following types of articles:
- Topics and subjects that are U.S.-based, whereby the article does not provide a specific state of origin or where activity occurs.
- Media such as films, television shows and books that have national distribution in the United States.
- Products that have national distribution and a significant presence in the United States.
- Multinational companies that have a significant presence in the United States, whereby the article does not provide specific state(s) of location.
Northamerica1000, so actors living in USA should not be sorted into the main page, only the state page? --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 11:26, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
The latest update to Twinkle has the new feature (written by User:SD0001) to allow the nominator to place the page in deletion sorting categories upon nomination. I've added it to the front page options here, but figured the team would want to know! ~ Amory (u • t • c) 17:08, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Please create a deletion sorting scheme for Men, as per the way Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women is set up. -- Netoholic @ 22:28, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Added a AfD, and it was removed by WilliamJE (talk · contribs). When was consensus created that WilliamJE would be the curator of this sorting list? If items are being removed, is the editor making the removal moving it to a state level deletion sorting list? If a state-level deletion sorting list is not applicable, does it remain here?
-Concerned- --RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 23:34, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:55, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:55, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:55, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:55, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Dance-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:55, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:56, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:56, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:56, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:58, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
— Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanny Neguesha
There has to be a better way to do this. It is making it hard to see whether a discussion actually has any participation. Uncle G (talk) 16:45, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Are there stats anywhere for the number of established articles deleted each day (i.e. not via WP:AfC/WP:NPP). I've been able to find stats for the number of newly created articles that are deleted (meta:Research:Wikipedia_article_creation), but not for established articles. Any rough useful, detailed stats a bonus! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 00:57, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. The arguments supporting the move outweigh the opposing argument, and the new page name better reflects the actual page usage.(non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:48, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
– Reflect actual scope and the header for the AfD list. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:28, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Fictional elements is for fictional elements, but in the past few weeks we've had BLPs and literature works added to them. Is there a problem with that, and if so, should policy be affirmed? FoxyGrampa75 (talk) 15:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
This is an invitation. It would be good if Wikipedians who are not from Slovenia read Pozareport.si and decide whether to delete or keep it. It is a politically sensitive media outlet and local users may be biased. nomos2019 (talk) 14:57, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia. Career diplomat. Question of sources and citations. WP:BEFORE. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Not sure if WikiProject Organized Labour has a separate deletion sort here...I searched but could not find. Is the protocol that one asks for it to be created? Or just go ahead and create it myself? Thank you.--Goldsztajn (talk) 21:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I forgot to select a category when tagging an article for deletion with Twinkle. Are there any next steps that I should follow to help out, either to correct for my mistake or to facilitate the deletion process in general? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:51, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
Can an editor who isn't sure if they want to volunteer for Deletion Sorting in general to make an occasional contribution and be more helpful than annoying? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:51, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
thanks for this interesting page. --Sm8900 (talk) 15:31, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:DSC. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. ミラP 19:41, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
I don't see Algeria listed in the list of country-related deletion lists, under either Africa or Middle East. Is it listed somewhere else, or am I missing it, or is it not being listed? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:27, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
There is something wrong with this AFD. I can't get it out of displaying as unsorted, even by tagging it as Media and Music. Will someone please look at it? Robert McClenon (talk) 03:41, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Jessie Grundy is not a woman so shouldn't be on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Article alerts or Wikipedia:WikiProject Women/Article alerts. Could someone remove him to save other people wasting time? (Mostly in trying to work out why he's on the list, how he got there, how to remove him...) Thanks. PamD 15:20, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
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I propose that the following sentence be added to the Page guidelines section of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/United States of America page.
AfD discussions about people, organizations, companies and other entities that are known for activity on a national level in the United States can be listed on this page.
Here is a synopsis of events that have led to this proposal:
subjectsinstead of
subjects, organizations, companies and other entitiessince subjects sort of includes all of them. Alternatively, with
peoplereplacing
subjectsin the list.It makes sense for this list to include subjects of national importance, otherwise it is just a list for American subjects with unknown state origin, which isn’t particularly useful. — MarkH21talk 06:05, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
subjectas WP:GNG uses the term, i.e. as the topic of any article. The ambiguity is why I alternatively suggested to use
people, organizations, companies and other entitiesinstead though. — MarkH21talk 06:15, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
I've just created User:SDZeroBot/AfD sorting (accessed by the convenient shortcut WP:AFDSORT), that lists current AfDs grouped by the ORES-predicted topic area of the article. I've also integrated shortcut descriptions and extracted the nomination statement from the AfD page into the tables. The bot will update the page every 4 hours. Hope you find this tool useful. Cheers, SD0001 (talk) 11:44, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
This is not intended as a criticism, but a lot of motorsports related deletion discussions don't seem to be getting placed in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Motorsports. An example of a current (as of right now at least) one is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Formula One World Championship. They seem to be getting marked as sports related (which is fine) but it would be helpful if they could be marked as motorsports too. Judging by Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Motorsports/archive, the category hasn't existed for long, and it doesn't feature on Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Flat so perhaps it isn't visible enough? Thanks. A7V2 (talk) 23:49, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
Please comment at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 79. Anomie⚔ 19:41, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists points to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists/archive for the "Archived discussions (starting from September 2007)" but that archive only goes back to 9 April 2016. There are 1553 entries, so it isn't clearly the first 1000. Where do the rest of them live? I tried adding 1 or 2 to the end of the filename, but that didn't work. Thanks in advance. Theredproject (talk) 01:20, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
|archivedate=April 2016
to correct it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 07:51, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
As another editor has noted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gayle Lloyd there's geographic sorting for Jersey but not for Guernsey. Is this something that one can WP:bebold and create or is there a discussion process to follow? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:09, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Check out the new Delsort category/page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Products. Take a look, and note the criteria for posting there, listed atop the page in a box. Thanks for your work to manage Wikipedia! North America1000 21:49, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) buidhe 11:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
– Because most Women-related articles are sorted to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women and not often duplicated to /People, this page is already de facto the location where Men-related articles are sorted almost exclusively. This move simply aligns the usage and content with an appropriate title, and reinforces that there need be no duplication between the two lists. Editors wishing to watch all People deletion discussions can Watchlist both pages (as I'm sure they do now), and as a side-benefit those already watching it won't need to make any adjustment because their Watchlist will follow with the move. -- Netoholic @ 02:36, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
It's struck me as odd for a while that we have a cat for, say, Quebec (pop. 8+ million) or North Carolina (pop. 10+ million) and not one for Uttar Pradesh (pop. 200+ million). Given the frequency with which India-related topics appear at AfD, I wonder if it would make sense to include cats for the states of India, or at least some of the larger ones. Would welcome any thoughts. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:35, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, there is an article at AfD that needs input: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harvey Tolibao (2nd nomination). It's been open since July 24, due to a lack of participation/consensus. Anyone interested is welcome to join the discussion. // Timothy :: talk 17:28, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is a common enough occurrence, or just a temporary bump due to someone looking closely at these, but currently, 19 of the 36 list-related articles are sports-related (and most of those are for individual seasons). Would it be worth it to keep a separate delsort category for sports lists like we already have for lists of people? –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:25, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
The AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Hanrahan has proved difficult to categorise as there doesn't appear to be a way to sort rugby league deletions yet. Please could either a 'rugby league' deletion sorting be created or 'rugby union' be changed to simply 'rugby' to incorporate both? Spiderone 19:05, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elevation Capital now includes SAIF Partners as a 2-article AFD.
It needs to be sorted in the categories relevant for financial companies that do business in China. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 01:13, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact needs to be updated to include newly created lists like Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/COVID-19. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:41, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
Is there no deletion list for books? VR talk 22:55, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, would anyone object to me creating a 'tennis' deletion sorting topic? There are almost always at least 1 or 2 active tennis deletion discussions at any one time. In my view, it would be much more frequently used than softball, horse racing and handball. Thanks. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:10, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
How does one create a new delsort? I see that there is none for Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick. Is there a page with criteria for creating a delsort?--- Possibly (talk) 22:57, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
<noinclude> ((shortcut|WP:DELSORT/XYZ)) (optional) ((topic|Xyz)) ((deletionlist|Xyz)) == </noinclude>
For Saskatchewan, the recommended shortcut is WP:DELSORT/SASK. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:17, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Just to note: I've edited WP:DS to discretionary sanctions per this discussion. Maybe a bit bold, but we have WP:DELSORT - so I don't see the harm - but hey, if you folks don't like it - revert at will. — Ched (talk) 19:25, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I recently found this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scouting, but when it's added to the Article Alerts subscription, it's giving an error code of "[Warning] (06-13-2021 08-04-46) Subscription "WikiProject Scouting" specifies usage via delsort topic expected at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scouting that is not part of delsort category". I don't know how to fix this, so I'd appreciate any help, thanks! Funandtrvl (talk) 20:40, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
There are a lot of AfDs relating to noble and royal families and members of them. Do people feel that a separate sorting category would be helpful? They currently tend to just get put in 'people' at the moment. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 14:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
My delsort script now reads from Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computer-readable.json. (A long-overdue change.) It's semi-protected. Enterprisey (talk!) 22:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Enterprisey, Shellwood has just introduced me to your script. Would it be possible to add the subcategories of schools, i.e. "Universities and colleges" and "Other school or university articles" as currently everything goes into "Primary and secondary schools" and then may have to be moved manually. TSventon (talk) 02:24, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
What's going on on Category:AfD debates (Science and technology)? There's a user page, a few log pages, and a few category pages that seem to have been incorrectly transcluded. PianoDan (talk) 23:11, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
There are a number of discussions going on right now after an FA was merged, then delisted with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lewis (baseball) (2nd nomination) preceeding and making a fait accompli Wikipedia:Featured article review/Lewis (baseball)/archive1. I propose that a new DELSORT list be added to which GA/FA/FL/etc. content up for deletion can be added, and those with a particular interest in such topics can review and participate. Thoughts? Jclemens (talk) 18:55, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
As luck would have it, my software does store article assessments (although not for articles that are deleted). Incorporating it into the Oracle's list pages would require a bit of work, but would be possible. jp×g 14:33, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 09:11, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
– It seems like it might well be better to list this explicitly as the deletion sorting page for the particular football code that is being referenced. There are many codes of Football that should not wind up here and I believe that this move would reduce the number of erroneous listings that wind up at this location. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 23:59, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
I've tried (and failed) to add in a link in the /Women page, to this Category for Deletion discussion
Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_December_5#Category:Doctoral_students_of_Emmy_Noether
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks Gilgamesh4 (talk) 15:10, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Indian polititican. Question of notability. Inherent language problems. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:30, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed that any delsort pages that include the ((PetScan)) template (little box of links that helps to search for deletion discussions within a category) have a problem with the way that unordered lists (a.k.a. bulleted lists) display on the rest of the page. Since it's very common for people to organize their !votes in deletion discussions using unordered lists (i.e. * '''Delete''' - rationale
), this problem makes all of the transcluded deletion discussions display incorrectly. I found a way to fix this problem by using the ((Endplainlist)) template in the right place. For instance, see this edit. It looks like the number of delsort pages that use ((PetScan)) is in the minority, but there's still a decent number of pages.
I overly optimistically started going through all of the delsort pages to fix them, and quickly realized that it would take a long time to do manually on my own. I only got through A and B of the geographic delsort pages. Does anyone know of a quicker way to accomplish this fix? I don't think that it's quite big enough for a bot task, but maybe someone with AWB or something similar could find a way to accomplish this quickly? —ScottyWong— 22:09, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
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in them. Seems like the whole thing is a mess, but I'm not sure if these pages are important enough or used frequently enough to justify the time it would take to re-create them in a cleaner way. —ScottyWong— 05:42, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
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balances the unclosed table from ((PetScan|type=open))
, as documented in that template. Anomie⚔ 12:20, 2 March 2022 (UTC)|}
. —ScottyWong— 16:12, 2 March 2022 (UTC)Hi, I'm really out of my element here but isn't Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Finance missing from the Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Flat list? JBchrch talk 02:17, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable |
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
)and turns it into something like
It will work on a variety of links, including those from ((cite web)), ((cite journal)) and ((doi)).
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Behavioral science is a subfield of psychology. We don't need two separate delsorts for closely related topics. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:42, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
People keep adding musicians, perhaps understandably. I'd suggest "Artists (visual arts)". Johnbod (talk) 22:51, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Lists&type=revision&diff=1091120204&oldid=1091118615&diffmode=source List of cosmic entities in Marvel Comics should obviously be on this sorting list. Dream Focus 23:36, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
I wish to link Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Punjab to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting/India and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Pakistan, but am unsure how to do this without breaking the existing formatting of the page. Also, the placement of this delsort in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computer-readable.json and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact with with other regions of India does not seem to be WP:NPOV, since part of Punjab is also in Pakistan. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 22:43, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
I'm attempting to figure out how best to establish a new delsort for the region of Kashmir. This is a disputed region divided among India, Pakistan, and China. My hunch is that all parts of the region should be treated together because of its disputed nature and sparse population, but the relevant WikiProjects cover only the specific regions of Kashmir, e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Jammu and Kashmir. What do you think? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:20, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Software/archive?wprov=srpw1_15 2601:807:8700:A690:A894:D03C:4934:BF4D (talk) 15:09, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Where does one del sort a cancelled streaming series that never streamed? It is not exactly "television" or is it? Atsme 💬 📧 13:09, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
This seems a little hyper-specific for a delsort category. I did a rough check, and I see there's been an average of about 2 noms per month listed here over its ~21 month life span. That's probably okay for broad categories that naturally just don't see a lot of noms, but for anything Disney related, stuff will naturally fit into other categories, be it films, TV, or just general corporation/organization stuff. I'd recommend closing this down. Thoughts? 35.139.154.158 (talk) 18:51, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Spotted this as incomplete and also orphaned from the computer-readable list, both of which I fixed. Should it be folded back into Christianity? And are there any other delsort pages that aren't in the JSON? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
The Delete Sort tool in Twinkle seems to be broken, not sure if this is the right venue to report it. Netherzone (talk) 20:17, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Howdy. I'd like to suggest we add some or all of these as their own deletion sorting pages:
My motivation is I want to get better at these niche SNGs by reading a bunch of them. Thoughts? –Novem Linguae (talk) 11:45, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
@Novem Linguae: it's pretty much as simple as that, correct. The reason we don't have one for books is because that usually goes under the 'literature' sorting. Books might be a useful one to have, though, as non-fiction books up for deletion often don't get put as 'literature' as people may presume that literature only covers fiction. Numbers would usually be filed under 'mathematics' at sorting. Sporting events are usually filed under the individual sport and then 'events'. So, for example, a badminton event would be tagged for deletion with 'badminton' and 'events' and any countries involved. One thing that I find difficult to sort are magazines. I usually leave them unsorted. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 19:02, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
Why is there a delsort for Jersey? It is used only a few times a year. Shouldn't these and other unused delsort categories be consolidated? Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 17:13, 17 May 2023 (UTC)