A key use of these projects is in deletion sorting, in order to attract people interested in particular types of articles to AfD, This could of course be separated, but it is often organized in connection with Wikiprojects. Similarly with NewPages--there are many invaluable subject-oriented newpage feeds. ~~~~
On 7/12/07, C.J. Croy cjcroy@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/11/07, Giggy g1ggyman@gmail.com wrote:
Well, you see the occasional note about the future of WikiProjects being short because they just don't work...well, I see a fair few of these messages, as I do a good deal of project work. So what do others think of the future? Will WikiProjects still be around and kicking in...say...6 months?
Wikiprojects will continue to exist as long as Wikipedia exists, even though most of them are good for nothing but keeping articles that outsiders don't understand the importance of. Most are simply so broad they're useless(Example: Texas). A few really broad ones manage to succeed in spite of themselves(Example: Biography). The most productive and useful ones tend to be small and focused, the canonical example being [[WP:KLF]]. I wouldn't mind if most of them were deleted or put in their place; I really like being able to click on a discussion link and have it contain actual discussion.
-Chris Croy
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