I was involved as in editor in some at least of those deletion discussions. One was of a
("deplorable") statue affixed to the Shire Hall, which it was thought would be
better placed within the Shire Hall article itself, and another was/is of a single shop
(started by an editor who was the shop founder's grandson, I think), which was merged
into an article about the street where it is located. The other may be an article about a
single tree - not sure whether that article still exists. The interesting point is that
all the discussions have been resolved between local (or at least UK) editors, rather than
Randy from Boise complaining that they are non-notable. But, it's almost inherent in
a locally-based initiative like this, involving new editors, that there will be some
discussion - I think it's all been pretty amicable though. Some of the articles
though do stretch the boundaries of what some of us consider to be notable (I've
caught myself referring to "bog standard Grade II listed buildings, for instance).
ghmyrtle
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 12:34:35 +0100
From: thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Monmouthpedia - press coverage so far
On 18 May 2012 12:31, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 18 May 2012 09:22, Roger Bamkin
<victuallers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So far we have lost three articles to
non-notability.
Which articles? Were any attempts made to rescue them?
Did they go through "Articles for Deletion" debates, or were they
speedily deleted or PRODed?
Given the enormous number of articles written, I would have been very
suprised if they had all survived - notability can be quite a
subjective issue, so there isn't always going to be agreement between
article creators and the community.
I assume that statistic of 3 articles is for the English Wikipedia?
Does anyone know what the survival rate is for other language
Wikipedias? Particularly Welsh?
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