Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting

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

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)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Football

Should the Prod section be removed from the bottom of the list? Seems unused. Govvy (talk) 13:55, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

The PROD section for most of the deletion sorting lists I've seen goes unused because you have to manually list things there. It might be worth removing it for most of them, but I'd wait to see what other people say. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 19:29, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

New List for Activism

Can I go ahead and set up a list for Activism, or do I need to get permission in advance, and how would that happen? Anomalous+0 (talk) 02:26, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

No permission needed, really. To set it up, you would just need to create the page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Activism. I think a category for activism could be useful as I have seen a few 'activists' up for deletion in the past. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:03, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Hmmm. @Spiderone I was bold and created Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Physics, following this thread. The page exists, but it does not show up as an option when creating an AfD. What have I missed? Ldm1954 (talk) 03:44, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

@Ldm1954: It needs to be added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computer-readable.json and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Flat. I have completed this for you, so it now works, but please make sure to add the topic to these 3 pages if you decide to create another delsort. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:04, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Messed up AfD

The page Fariborz Maseeh has an AfD but it looks like it was not properly/fully transcoded and the bot keeps trying (and failing). Not sure how to fix it, hopefully someone else can. Ldm1954 (talk) 22:35, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Deletion sorting by country

So, I have a question when it comes to sorting AfD by country. An AfD about a native of country may be sorted under a foreign one, even if they don't have blood connection to it. Here is an example. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:50, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes? What's the question? jolielover♥talk 06:38, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

New deletion sorting list

I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Artificial intelligence since there appears to be quite a lot of nominations revolving around AI, and I see no sign of decrease. The other delsort lists were a little too broad, hence this creation. I believe I've added it to all related pages but LMK or be bold if you've noticed I've missed something out. jolielover♥talk 06:38, 26 October 2025 (UTC)