Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Canada highway WikiProjects
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Canada highway WikiProjects
This nomination includes:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject New Brunswick Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Alberta Highways (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Manitoba Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Ontario Highways (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Quebec Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Prince Edward Island Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland & Labrador Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Yukon Territory Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Northwest Territories Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Nunavut Roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- All project userboxes and subpages (if any, I have not found any)
All of these projects appear to be inactive (they actually appear never to have been active in the first place). None of their project pages (which are unfinished) have been edited in several months. The projects only have three to five members, and have no articles. Merging into the Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads parent project may not be feasible since that project is also somewhat inactive, and highways seem to be covered well by existing provincial WikiProjects. I know that nominating these all in a single MFD may be weird, but they all have the same problems. --Coredesat 01:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. None of the projects have any dedicated editors, and, due to the low amount of articles, the parent Canada Roads project is a sufficient project to cover all of Canada. However, the possibility for recreation for each individual project should remain if enough editors/interest is found. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 01:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- I declare myself a "dedicated editor" for the Saskatchewan project, thank you. Ultraflame 03:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. It seems like too much organization for too little work being done. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Merge. I agree, there is far too many projects for some provinces that have very little road. That being said, I think that they shouldn't be eliminated, but merged into the parent WikiProject as task forces, like in WP:USRD. --myselfalso 02:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- So which provinces have "very little road"? Ultraflame 14:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. They're not doing any notable good. --TinMan 02:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep or Merge. Just look at what I have been doing with the Saskatchewan project. I believe I am quite dedicated to the Saskatchewan Roads WikiProject. Sure, I do not edit the project page, but do you even know how extensive the Saskatchewan highway system is? Look at the list of Saskatchewan highways. Then look at the list of Saskatchewan roads. Thank you. Ultraflame 03:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- No offense, but one person does not a WikiProject make. These projects were started and abandoned, and they have absolutely no articles. The parent project only has a few articles; the vast majority of highway articles are covered by the provincial WikiProjects. --Coredesat 05:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- You called my project "abandoned". I don't think so. And look at the number of articles for the Saskatchewan project, please. Ultraflame 14:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- The number of articles isn't the issue. The issue is the inactivity and current state of the projects. The project you keep referring to has no guidelines for the articles, no examples of templates to use, and is of no use of anyone trying to write articles on Saskatchewan roads. Because of how these projects were created (copy and paste), all of the projects have the same problems. Also, as Coredesat said, one person does not make a WikiProject. There's nothing wrong with the Canada Roads WP being used for all of Canada's road articles for the time being until more editors are found. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- If the number of articles is not an issue, why do you think the person who nominated these projects (my project, in particular) keeps mentioning the "lack of articles"? My project does have guidelines for the articles. It has examples of templates to use. And it is very useful to myself, as a member of the Saskatchewan Roads WikiProject, to write articles on Saskatchewan roads. Ultraflame 15:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- I see no structure and no infobox template (the default example does not count). --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "default example" and why does it not count? Ultraflame 15:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- I see no structure and no infobox template (the default example does not count). --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- If the number of articles is not an issue, why do you think the person who nominated these projects (my project, in particular) keeps mentioning the "lack of articles"? My project does have guidelines for the articles. It has examples of templates to use. And it is very useful to myself, as a member of the Saskatchewan Roads WikiProject, to write articles on Saskatchewan roads. Ultraflame 15:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- The number of articles isn't the issue. The issue is the inactivity and current state of the projects. The project you keep referring to has no guidelines for the articles, no examples of templates to use, and is of no use of anyone trying to write articles on Saskatchewan roads. Because of how these projects were created (copy and paste), all of the projects have the same problems. Also, as Coredesat said, one person does not make a WikiProject. There's nothing wrong with the Canada Roads WP being used for all of Canada's road articles for the time being until more editors are found. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- You called my project "abandoned". I don't think so. And look at the number of articles for the Saskatchewan project, please. Ultraflame 14:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. The problem with merging is that there's nothing to merge. Deleting the projects don't get in the way of the one active editor continuing to be active. Projects aren't required to organize the efforts of a single editor, and even if it were it's not doing the job. -- NORTH talk 03:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- So it cannot even be merged with the WikiProject Canada Roads? Ultraflame 14:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- There's nothing to merge. The project pages have no content whatsoever. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- And what do you mean by "no content whatsoever"? Have you even read the project pages? Ultraflame 15:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- There's nothing to merge. The project pages have no content whatsoever. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
MergeNon-precedent-setting delete. Merge is what we've been doing with similar inactive road projects in the U.S. (i.e. WP:NVSH.) Not inactive to leave on their own but not pointless enough to delete. However, these are copy-paste jobs (sometimes the author forgot to change province names!) They can probably be recreated easily. So, reluctant delete but do not speedy delete as a recreation if someone bothers to recreate the project as an active and fully maintained project. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)- Delete and redirect the main project pages to Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads, nothing to merge. An example of an active subproject would be Wikipedia:WikiProject Golden Horseshoe Roads, which I think should be merged under WikiProject Canada Roads as well, but that's another matter. –Pomte 14:36, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "nothing to merge"? The links, perhaps? Ultraflame 14:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Which links? I am agreeing with some of the above that it appears there is nothing in these projects worth merging to WikiProject Canada Roads. Do not merge the member lists, because if they are active at all, they will sign their name up again at the parent project. Do not merge specific guidelines because they are boilerplate and WikiProject Canada Roads already contains a list of province/territory-specific conventions. However, if you find anything worth merging, go ahead. –Pomte 15:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)