David Gerard wrote:
Sam Korn wrote:
I think portals should be the "public
face" of WikiProjects. A portal
should only exist if there is a formal set of users dedicated to
keeping it maintained. If this is not happening, it should be
archived or deleted (preferably archived). Pages like
[[Portal:Cricket]], while potentially just fan pages, actually provide
an excellent method of navigating appropriate content. If they are
kept up, they do no harm. If they are not kept up, they look messy
and a messy portal seems worse than an incomplete article.
It depends. In a contentious area, they can be a way of subtly or
unsubtly pushing a POV, much like bad article series boxes. An example
is [[Template:Scientology]] - the current version is for talk pages
and marks the article as part of WikiProject Scientology, but if
you're an admin then look at the deleted versions - they're article
series boxes that push a critical POV. You could set up a portal for
each POV, but that's just article forks pushed to a higher level.
<snip>
BTW, I see nothing wrong with people going to VFD/AFD and voting
"keep" on their topic area. You know, they might KNOW THE AREA or
something better than nonspecialist VFD regulars. What a thought, eh?
I've said that several times now...
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