Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting

Merge Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts

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Could we move Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual artists since that is the topic and to cut down on erroneous postings? Jahaza (talk) 20:35, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

or …/Visual arts ? —Tamfang (talk) 05:06, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, I'm tagging for merger. The two pages are relatively low traffic and non-visual artists are regularly being put into Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists and then they have to be removed again, which is a waste of time. Jahaza (talk) 22:15, 26 June 2025 (UTC) (time stamp incorrect)

If the two are merged, it should keep the name Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts and should not be changed to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual artists because there would no longer be a del sort for galleries and museums, arts organizations, murals, works of graphic design, public art, collaborative efforts and teams, etc. I have no opinion on the merger at this time, but feel quite strongly that if it goes forward, it should not be called Visual artists, but should remain visual art. Netherzone (talk) 22:08, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Right, exactly that. Previously I suggested renaming "Artists" to "Visual artists" to reduce confusion, but now I'm suggesting instead a merge to "Visual arts". If people don't want a merge, then as a fall back, we could keep "Visual arts" and change Artists to "Visual artists" as originally proposed. But I agree that we want to keep a general Visual arts category, regardless. Jahaza (talk) 22:14, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

• Support merge of Deletion_sorting/Artists to Deletion_sorting/Visual arts. This will hopefully eliminate the time waste of musicians and actors being listed as "artists" as well as the time waste of reading through visual artists being listed in both "artists" and "visual arts." Good idea. Thank you. Asparagusstar (talk) 02:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
• Support Either move of Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual artists. I think Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts should be the target of a merge for reasons stated above (museums, collectives, arts organizations and galleries). I do not favor one action over the other, but I do think Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artists is turning into a catch-all for overenthusiastic sorters. I'm gettin' tired of the actors and rappers etc put on this list. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:19, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

• Support - Adding my formal support for the merge. Netherzone (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
• Support merge to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts - everything that we could add to 'artists' would be just as well placed there and it reduces the workload for people who have to remove inappropriately sorted singers and rappers from 'artists' every day. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:27, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

• will this merge ever happen? --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:11, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

  @WomenArtistUpdates I think any uninvolved editor can perform this since the consensus is clear, but what is not clear is if this is a requested move or a requested merge, and am not sure how to tag it for closure. @Jahaza, any thoughts on the appropriate procedure? Netherzone (talk) 02:05, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

  Thanks Netherzone, I have struck through portions of my previous comment to make it clear I support a merge over a move. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 13:18, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

  It seems any editor can perform the merge per WP:MERGE since there seems to be consensus, I'm just worried that there might be technical aspects that I'm not thinking of here because of the heavy use of scripts in the project? I don't want to break a tool for listing items in sorting. Jahaza (talk) 15:59, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

  I am involved since I !voted, and if I'm not mistaken, involved editors should not close the discussion. Would you be willing, as the original proposer, taking it to the Merge talk page and explaining the situation and seek guidance from editors with experience in Merging/Moving; or ask that an uninvolved editor close this and perform the merge? I don't want to break it either. Netherzone (talk) 19:27, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

  @Netherzone You're wrong, actually! See WP:M4: any editor, even involved, can close and merge if consensus is clear. FaviFake (talk) 17:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

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Deletion sorting for deletion

Hey all, I have nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Magic for deletion. Please discuss it at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Magic if you are interested. Thank you. jolielover♥talk 13:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

@Jolielover It looks like the delsort project needs a lot of cleanup. Why does wine have its own topic when no other food and drink types have their own topics? Why do we have piracy and logic topics that get two entries per year? Helpful Raccoon (talk) 06:07, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I've noticed this for wine too, food and drink is more than enough. I did not know piracy/logic had deletion sortings. The former fits in crime, and logic... what even can be in that sorting? Anything logic based will also be based in something else, like math, science, etc which have their own sortings. jolielover♥talk 06:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Looks like there was Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Piracy which closed in 2014 with no consensus because at least one person found it useful, although that person hasn't edited since 2021. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 07:17, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/20th Century Studios

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/20th Century Studios. Sugar Tax (talk) 11:54, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Bot misbehaving?

As of December 13th (maybe a day or so earlier) I am getting notifications (email) from deletion sorting sections that I am not subscribed to, and are not of interest. Everytime when this happens I get an email, then tracing I am subscribed. This just happened for "Medicine", it happened before for "United Kingdom", "Events", "Science", "Astronomy" from recent email logs. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:48, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

I haven't had anything similar happen to me but I'll let you know if I do. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:45, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Deletion sorting for Australian rules football

Recently, several AfDs related to the sport have appeared, some included in the deletion sorting of football/association football. Wouldn't it be time to create one specifically for the sport? Svartner (talk) 05:32, 14 January 2026 (UTC)