Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Merge

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge

Description

The aim of this proposed WikiProject would be to reduce the >3 year backlog at Category:Articles to be merged, and to improve the process that causes such a drastic backlog. The scope of the Wikiproject would be the 16000 articles in that category. Quasi human | Talk 13:53, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group

Wikipedia:Merging (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Category:Articles to be merged (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (number of pages in the category: 16,080)
Category:Articles to be merged from October 2008 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (number of pages in the category: 8)

List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles: Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.

None

Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?: Well, I could join an other wikiproject, for example, I could join the Wikiproject Neurosceince, and work on the merge requests there, because I happen to have subject knowledge in that area. However, that would not solve the larger problem. There are no other groups dealing with this issue to my knowledge. Quasi human | Talk 15:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

Quasi human | Talk 13:53, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
D O N D E groovily Talk to me 21:04, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Peacock28 (talk) 21:56, 6 January 2012 (UTC) I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, so I probably wouldn't join the Project, but I agree that it's necessary.[reply]
I might work on this, but I'm supporting this per the "improve the process" part of the proposal. Sven Manguard Wha? 15:02, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A new noticeboard to go with it would also be good ... something like WP:Requested moves... (WP:Proposed merges is quite quaint in comparison) 65.92.182.149 (talk) 09:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Amadscientist - I really like this idea! I would join.--Amadscientist (talk) 22:49, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
e^xtra999 (talk) 02:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is a complaint over at the pump. Sure, I'll lend a hand. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 18:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Note that there was recently a discussion on fixing the merge process at Wikipedia talk:Merging#The catastrophically failing merge process. While no consensus was reached, this Wikiproject idea came out of that discussion. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 21:05, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would be useful to make WP:PM work like WP:RM, with an automated post bot, a talk page template for simply listing the discussion succintly. I also think that Splits are also thusly backlogged, and should also have a centralized notice board (WP:Proposed splits or WP:Requested splits). 76.65.128.132 (talk) 08:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can this be expanded to WikiProject Mergers and Splits ? 65.92.182.149 (talk) 09:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, my main focus has been merges, so I'm not very familiar the issues with splits, is there a need for a WikiProject (or half a wikiproject) in that area? Quasi human | Talk 23:16, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, I think we're nearly ready to start the project (I'd like to have one or two more sign up before we get started). I have created a draft of the WikiProject in my userspace at User:Quasihuman/WikiProject Merge. Feel free to be WP:BOLD in making changes there, it's a little rough around the edges at the moment. Thanks, Quasi human | Talk 23:16, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have created the WikiProject at Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge, this proposal can be closed now. I will inform anyone who supported it individually. Quasi human | Talk 20:02, 27 February 2012 (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 project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.