Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Technology History

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 Redirect to WP:WikiProject Technology. The most common view expressed was to make this a task force, but the argument against giving a task force to a WikiProject that is not prepared to receive it is a strong one, so I'm taking redirection as a second choice/compromise position based on the comments from the Joes (Smokey and Nihon). --RL0919 (talk) 16:56, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Technology History

Relisted. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 10:50, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dead project. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 20:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep last member joined less than a year ago. The project will not be dead until it is deleted. This can just be marked as inactive. What we need to consider here is malformed or still born projects. This one still has potential, even if it is inactive. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:55, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No evidence of any significant collaboration taking place. Basically stillborn in 2008. Minimal discussions. (A single signup doesn't in itself indicate any editorial contribution.) --Klein zach 00:47, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Taskforcify to WP:WikiProject Technology as a taskforce. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 04:21, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I've referred this to WP:WikiProject Technology to see if they want this. --Klein zach 06:01, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No-one at WP:WikiProject Technology replied. Evidently they don't want to have it as a taskforce. --Klein zach 23:20, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 10:50, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete, but allow for conversion to a redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Technology, which is probably a good idea, as there is little material invested, the scope is very narrow, and the scope is quite compatible with the parent project. Should future editors think otherwise, let's not stop them today.. Not stillborn, the signup of four individuals constitutes post birth breaths. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:31, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Taskforcify to WP:WikiProject Technology or redirect to the same as mentioned above. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:19, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Taskforcify as per above no need to delete.Moxy (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Serious question. How does it help to change "X WikiProject" to "X TaskForce"? All you're doing is renaming it, and that somehow makes it better? I'm confused. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 03:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't. Taskforcifying a wikiProject into another wikiProject is to create new confusion, probably worse that there was to start with. Editing the wikiProject can imply interested activity, confusing future interested editors. It would be better to do nothing. Creating a taskforce within the second wikiProject is to fiddle with the workings and structure of that second wikiProject. That is fine if you know what you are doing and are really interested. But if you are just drive-by-editing, I think wikiProjects would prefer that you don't. An editor without real interest in the second wikiProject should do no more than suggest things on its talk page. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Making a failed project into a taskforce only makes sense if members of the host WikiProject are willing to adopt it and make it work. --Klein zach 11:18, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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