Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Jimmy Wales
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- 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 not created
Description
[edit]A WikiProject based on helping to improve articles related to Jimmy Wales. Ross Rhodes (T C) Sign! 12:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support
[edit]- Ross Rhodes (T C) Sign! 12:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- doncram (talk) 11:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC) Hey, i think this sounds like fun! :)[reply]
Discussion
[edit]- Oppose, obviously. How can we have a WikiProject on a topic which only includes a single article? (Three if you include Bomis and Wikipedia, but they're both already covered by WikiProject Wikipedia.) Just because Wales was one of the co-founders of Wikipedia doesn't make him particularly significant to the wider readership, and certainly not enough to warrant his own "fan club" project. – iridescent 15:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, we could always make separate articles about Jimbo; like maybe one on his life, or, we could try and expand the project range to fit more articles into the category. Ross Rhodes (T C) Sign! 15:36, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- We have an article on his life. We have no other articles on him, nor should we. Bill Gates, Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI all get by without their own biographical WikiProject; a moderately successful website developer from Huntsville does not warrant his own project. Generally, the only individuals who do warrant their own project are very successful artists such as WP:WikiProject Michael Jackson, where there are vast numbers of articles to collate. A project to maintain a single article – an article which is acknowledged to be of fairly poor quality – is not necessary. – iridescent 15:54, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Fair enough. Ross Rhodes (T C) Sign! 16:02, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- We have an article on his life. We have no other articles on him, nor should we. Bill Gates, Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI all get by without their own biographical WikiProject; a moderately successful website developer from Huntsville does not warrant his own project. Generally, the only individuals who do warrant their own project are very successful artists such as WP:WikiProject Michael Jackson, where there are vast numbers of articles to collate. A project to maintain a single article – an article which is acknowledged to be of fairly poor quality – is not necessary. – iridescent 15:54, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose - Unless there are 30+ articles (and that's being lenient) directly relating to Jimbo I would say this is entirely unnecessary. — R2 13:52, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose. Insufficiently notable. bd2412 T 17:08, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose. After all, if Al Capone founded wikipedia, I'm sure you won't have an project about him. All the best, Kayau (Talk to me! See what I've done! Sign my guestbook!) 15:34, 1 July 2009 (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.