Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Typography

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: delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Typography

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)[reply]

Delete - The subject does seem to me to qualify as a broad subject are that is evolving in the twenty-first century. That only means that a curated portal might be useful. This is an automated portal, and automated portals are misguided. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Abandoned draft of a portal, 13 subpages, created 2008-07-04 07:52:16 by User:Tirkfl. Never went alive. Nothing to keep. Was Nuked by TTH for a reason (even if using a poor method). All the MOS people should come here, in order to create the portal deserved by this large topic. Portal:Typography. Pldx1 (talk) 14:31, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: potentially passes POG, requires a maintainer. Therefore, no prejudice against recreation and curation. SITH (talk) 11:24, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Abandoned carve-out of the main WP article+navbox; little additional point in this, and its abandonment will depreciate the integrity of the main content. Britishfinance (talk) 13:37, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The portal has 31 daily pageviews, which is better than most, while the head article has 961 (which is 31*31). Robert McClenon (talk) 03:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.