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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/11/07, Giggy <g1ggyman(a)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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