- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the discussion was: no consensus between marking as historical vs. outright deletion. We all agree that it isn't going to be active any time soon, though. (non-admin closure) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 17:11, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This page is no longer updated regularly as the bot who maintains it User:DASHBot was blocked and deactivated in 2013 after it started malfunctioning and none of the corresponding pages have been updated since then. Tartar Torte 16:16, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Not sure for what purpose this was created, but WikiProject United States never had enough active members to deal with this. — Maile ( talk) 17:26, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Mark Historical - The likely purpose of the list was for editors to determine whether the pages listed should have references added or should be tagged as BLPPROD. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Archive. No good reason to delete. No evidence provided that this request reflects consensus within the WikiProject. —
SmokeyJoe (
talk) 23:02, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- It was used, and is historical.
- Deleting the records of processes used to improve content makes it harder for future editors to understand how it was done in the past.
- WikiProject-based collaborative editing used to be a more common thing, but this doesn’t mean it won’t be important in the future. SmokeyJoe ( talk) 01:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. A bot produced list of unreferenced BLPs from a decade ago has no archival or historical value, and is of no use to current editors trying to perform maintenance. These are unlikely to of any future use, as unless the new bot runs the exact same code as the old one it will not produce the same set of pages. This has also largley been replaced by other processes in the intervening decade, notably
Category:All unreferenced BLPs and various database reports, like
Wikipedia:Database reports/Untagged and unreferenced biographies of living people.
192.76.8.85 (
talk) 23:46, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- IPs editing mainspace, probably in violation of WP:SOCK because they are hiding their account, should not be welcome to participate here due to lack of accountability, whether due to their edits being from multiple IPs or accounts, or due to their IP being shared, as is this one. An IP lacking accountability, and hiding and evading questions like “what is your editing history” and “have you ever registered?”, are to be suspected of having a bias to undervaluing records.
- Categorisation and database reports are nice, but they have limitations, such as lack of records should someone decategorise to remove the attention drawn, or the barrier for newcomers to understanding who is doing what. SmokeyJoe ( talk) 02:01, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the discussion was: no consensus between marking as historical vs. outright deletion. We all agree that it isn't going to be active any time soon, though. (non-admin closure) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 17:11, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/US related unreferenced BLPs ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This page is no longer updated regularly as the bot who maintains it User:DASHBot was blocked and deactivated in 2013 after it started malfunctioning and none of the corresponding pages have been updated since then. Tartar Torte 16:16, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Not sure for what purpose this was created, but WikiProject United States never had enough active members to deal with this. — Maile ( talk) 17:26, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Mark Historical - The likely purpose of the list was for editors to determine whether the pages listed should have references added or should be tagged as BLPPROD. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Archive. No good reason to delete. No evidence provided that this request reflects consensus within the WikiProject. —
SmokeyJoe (
talk) 23:02, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- It was used, and is historical.
- Deleting the records of processes used to improve content makes it harder for future editors to understand how it was done in the past.
- WikiProject-based collaborative editing used to be a more common thing, but this doesn’t mean it won’t be important in the future. SmokeyJoe ( talk) 01:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. A bot produced list of unreferenced BLPs from a decade ago has no archival or historical value, and is of no use to current editors trying to perform maintenance. These are unlikely to of any future use, as unless the new bot runs the exact same code as the old one it will not produce the same set of pages. This has also largley been replaced by other processes in the intervening decade, notably
Category:All unreferenced BLPs and various database reports, like
Wikipedia:Database reports/Untagged and unreferenced biographies of living people.
192.76.8.85 (
talk) 23:46, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- IPs editing mainspace, probably in violation of WP:SOCK because they are hiding their account, should not be welcome to participate here due to lack of accountability, whether due to their edits being from multiple IPs or accounts, or due to their IP being shared, as is this one. An IP lacking accountability, and hiding and evading questions like “what is your editing history” and “have you ever registered?”, are to be suspected of having a bias to undervaluing records.
- Categorisation and database reports are nice, but they have limitations, such as lack of records should someone decategorise to remove the attention drawn, or the barrier for newcomers to understanding who is doing what. SmokeyJoe ( talk) 02:01, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.