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Fine, I'll be the party pooper here. I don't believe this is a serious project. rather it seems intended as a tongue-in-cheek effort to point out the absurdity of some of what goes on here. While I fully agree with that spirit and think we sometimes take things ''way'' to seriously a fake wikiproject that is not marked as humor or satire is not the way to address these issues. And just to respond in advance to the inevitable argument of "but it's just a bit of harmless fun" let me say this: some people are not going to get the joke. We have people who write about things like individual radio towers, subway stations, and so on. They may come to this project believing it is real and that thee are others who actually care about such mundane subjects. At that point it is not a joke on Wikipedia, it is a joke on those specific users, and that just isn't ok. Sorry fellas, but this is not what project space is for. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 22:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC) |
Fine, I'll be the party pooper here. I don't believe this is a serious project. rather it seems intended as a tongue-in-cheek effort to point out the absurdity of some of what goes on here. While I fully agree with that spirit and think we sometimes take things ''way'' to seriously a fake wikiproject that is not marked as humor or satire is not the way to address these issues. And just to respond in advance to the inevitable argument of "but it's just a bit of harmless fun" let me say this: some people are not going to get the joke. We have people who write about things like individual radio towers, subway stations, and so on. They may come to this project believing it is real and that thee are others who actually care about such mundane subjects. At that point it is not a joke on Wikipedia, it is a joke on those specific users, and that just isn't ok. Sorry fellas, but this is not what project space is for. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 22:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC) |
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::I also think the discussion on the talk page of the project is another huge clue that this is intended as a joke, on WP and on commons. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 22:33, 17 September 2013 (UTC) |
::I also think the discussion on the talk page of the project is another huge clue that this is intended as a joke, on WP and on commons. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 22:33, 17 September 2013 (UTC) |
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* '''Keep''' - What Beeblebrox believes about this WikiProject is irrelevant. It is a validly constituted WikiProject. The subject area of containers is in generally poor shape (although there are some quite decent articles). Even if this were some form of darkly inside joke, what difference does it make if it improves WP's content and coverage of containers? I have personally added dozens of quality images of containers to Commons in the past week - I encourage Beeblebrox to explain why that is a bad thing. This is a bad faith deletion nomination. [[User:Delicious carbuncle|Delicious carbuncle]] ([[User talk:Delicious carbuncle|talk]]) 22:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC) |
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Containers
Fine, I'll be the party pooper here. I don't believe this is a serious project. rather it seems intended as a tongue-in-cheek effort to point out the absurdity of some of what goes on here. While I fully agree with that spirit and think we sometimes take things way to seriously a fake wikiproject that is not marked as humor or satire is not the way to address these issues. And just to respond in advance to the inevitable argument of "but it's just a bit of harmless fun" let me say this: some people are not going to get the joke. We have people who write about things like individual radio towers, subway stations, and so on. They may come to this project believing it is real and that thee are others who actually care about such mundane subjects. At that point it is not a joke on Wikipedia, it is a joke on those specific users, and that just isn't ok. Sorry fellas, but this is not what project space is for. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
- I also think the discussion on the talk page of the project is another huge clue that this is intended as a joke, on WP and on commons. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:33, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
- Keep - What Beeblebrox believes about this WikiProject is irrelevant. It is a validly constituted WikiProject. The subject area of containers is in generally poor shape (although there are some quite decent articles). Even if this were some form of darkly inside joke, what difference does it make if it improves WP's content and coverage of containers? I have personally added dozens of quality images of containers to Commons in the past week - I encourage Beeblebrox to explain why that is a bad thing. This is a bad faith deletion nomination. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 22:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)