The result of the discussion was: delete. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 00:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Static portal abandoned since 2008.
Created [1] in July 2008 by Tirkfl ( talk · contribs).
See Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Typography: it never got beyond a one-of-each set of subpages: one selected article, one selected biography, one elected article picture, one DYK page with one entry. Each has displayed the same link since its creation in 2008.
In February 2019, it was converted [2] by @ The Transhumanist to automated format which built its "selected articles" list solely from the navbox {{ Typography}}. That made it just a bloated fork of the navbox. (For a full explanation of why this type of portal is redundant, see the two mass deletions of similar portals: one, and two, where there was overwhelming consensus of a very high turnout to delete a total of 2,555 such portals).
Earlier today, I reverted [3] it to the last non-automated version.
Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". But this is massively less useful in every respect than the head article Typography, with its navbox {{ Typography}}.
I have not assessed whether this is a broad enough topic to satisfy the WP:POG requirement that portals should be about "broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers". But for the last decade it has attracted neither builders nor maintainers. WP:POG#How_often_to_update? says that unless automated, the content selection should be updated monthly, or preferably weekly. Even on a monthly cycle, this pseudo-portal has missed over 120 consecutive updates, and it is time to stop wasting the time of readers by luring them to this abandoned draft. Anyone building a portal which actually adds value for readers would do much better to start with a clean sheet than to build on this relic.
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) 21:23, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was: delete. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 00:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Static portal abandoned since 2008.
Created [1] in July 2008 by Tirkfl ( talk · contribs).
See Special:PrefixIndex/Portal:Typography: it never got beyond a one-of-each set of subpages: one selected article, one selected biography, one elected article picture, one DYK page with one entry. Each has displayed the same link since its creation in 2008.
In February 2019, it was converted [2] by @ The Transhumanist to automated format which built its "selected articles" list solely from the navbox {{ Typography}}. That made it just a bloated fork of the navbox. (For a full explanation of why this type of portal is redundant, see the two mass deletions of similar portals: one, and two, where there was overwhelming consensus of a very high turnout to delete a total of 2,555 such portals).
Earlier today, I reverted [3] it to the last non-automated version.
Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". But this is massively less useful in every respect than the head article Typography, with its navbox {{ Typography}}.
I have not assessed whether this is a broad enough topic to satisfy the WP:POG requirement that portals should be about "broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers". But for the last decade it has attracted neither builders nor maintainers. WP:POG#How_often_to_update? says that unless automated, the content selection should be updated monthly, or preferably weekly. Even on a monthly cycle, this pseudo-portal has missed over 120 consecutive updates, and it is time to stop wasting the time of readers by luring them to this abandoned draft. Anyone building a portal which actually adds value for readers would do much better to start with a clean sheet than to build on this relic.
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) 21:23, 12 May 2019 (UTC)