The result of the discussion was: delete. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 00:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Abysmal micro-portal on a broad topic.
Created [1] in June 2007 by Ajcfreak ( talk · contribs), who last edited in late 2018. The lead of WP:POG has said since late 2006 "Do not create a portal if you do not intend to assist in its regular maintenance", but that has not happened here: Ajcfreak's last edit to ths portal was in 2008. [2]
Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Christian music shows a small set of sub-pages:
WP:POG guides that portals should be about "broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers". This is in theory a broad topic, but in practice has not attracted maintainers or viewers. In Jan–Feb 2019 it got only 12 pageviews per day.
Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". In this case the head article Christian music is only start-class, but its navbox Template:Christian music has 71 links. This abandoned portal adds nothing to that. If any editor wants to build (and crucially maintain) a portal which actually adds value for readers, they would do much better to start afresh ... and in the emantime it's unfair on reader to lure them to this abandoned relic.
Two newish features of the Wikimedia software means that the article and navboxes offers most of the functionality which portals like this set out to offer. Both features are available only to ordinary readers who are not logged in, but you can test them without logging out by right-clicking on a link, and the select "open in private window" (in Firefox) or "open in incognito window" (Chrome).
Similar features have been available since 2015 to users of Wikipedia's Android app.
Maybe someday someone will build and maintain a portal which actually adds value for readers. But if so, they will do better to start afresh, rather than building on these 12-year-old content forks.
So I propose that this portal and its sub-pages be deleted per [WP:TNT]], without prejudice to recreating a curated portal in accordance with whatever criteria the community may have agreed at that time. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 22:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was: delete. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 00:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Abysmal micro-portal on a broad topic.
Created [1] in June 2007 by Ajcfreak ( talk · contribs), who last edited in late 2018. The lead of WP:POG has said since late 2006 "Do not create a portal if you do not intend to assist in its regular maintenance", but that has not happened here: Ajcfreak's last edit to ths portal was in 2008. [2]
Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Christian music shows a small set of sub-pages:
WP:POG guides that portals should be about "broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers". This is in theory a broad topic, but in practice has not attracted maintainers or viewers. In Jan–Feb 2019 it got only 12 pageviews per day.
Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". In this case the head article Christian music is only start-class, but its navbox Template:Christian music has 71 links. This abandoned portal adds nothing to that. If any editor wants to build (and crucially maintain) a portal which actually adds value for readers, they would do much better to start afresh ... and in the emantime it's unfair on reader to lure them to this abandoned relic.
Two newish features of the Wikimedia software means that the article and navboxes offers most of the functionality which portals like this set out to offer. Both features are available only to ordinary readers who are not logged in, but you can test them without logging out by right-clicking on a link, and the select "open in private window" (in Firefox) or "open in incognito window" (Chrome).
Similar features have been available since 2015 to users of Wikipedia's Android app.
Maybe someday someone will build and maintain a portal which actually adds value for readers. But if so, they will do better to start afresh, rather than building on these 12-year-old content forks.
So I propose that this portal and its sub-pages be deleted per [WP:TNT]], without prejudice to recreating a curated portal in accordance with whatever criteria the community may have agreed at that time. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 22:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)