Wikipedia talk:Article Rescue Squadron – Rescue list

Mass deletion misnamed

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Index of Abkhazia-related articles, what a misleading name for a full purge of hundreds of other-topic index pages. Is this type of mass deletion of scores of unrelated and perfectly good and maintained articles allowed under such a name, and is this a record-setting deletion request? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:52, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Per the closer: "The result was no consensus. With the varying opinions on how to handle these pages—from deleting them all, keeping them all, keep the ones a certain editor is working on, keep the ones that are maintained, merge them all into the related outline pages, etc.—we've got ourselves an unmanageable WP:TRAINWRECK. Editors may want to consider other options in spirit of WP:ATD; perhaps smaller bundled or individual nominations where necessary. These indices are not absent of issues as pointed out in the discussion, but this mass nomination can not adequately address them." 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:57, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

One day

I have only been back on the project for less than 24 hours, but I am already getting threats and PAs. Strange that nothing has changed. I think when I left Andrew was at ANI, possibly 7&6 as well, and I came back 6 months later - deja vu - Andrew is at ANI and 7&6 is at ARBCOM. I want to say that I notice the great work you all are doing. I also see that you picked up some exemplary editors. I miss editing with you all and I can't wait to whip an article into shape with you. Lightburst (talk) 19:58, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations to the WP:ARS (in a way)

Two deletions initiated by one of our contributors.
Same two improved by two of our members.
Two nominations withdrawn by the same ARS contributor. here and there.
Proving that WP:Before should really be the first order of business. And be sure to look at the deletion history of the articles before nominating. Notability is not temporary. Notability does not evaporate. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:04, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

I do appreciate editors who withdraw nominations, those who will update their analysis based on new information. I wish more AfD nominators would do that. CT55555 (talk) 23:24, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Or update based upon old information. The sources and the artile's history all existed before this fiasco. The only thing new was the improvement's to the article. Hopefully, lessons will be learned and internalized.

The 'Epiphany' followed the intervention of two WP:ARS contributors. Thus proving the worth of this project. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:26, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

AfD-Free

After the ANI Massacre a few years ago, this group hasn't been the same. It got hollowed out, sadly, I think it's fair to say it was a major loss for Wikipedia. Many articles that might have been worked on and improved over the past few years have instead been quietly deleted.

Likewise, after I recently posted a case here, I got accused of canvassing, and I think it threw the AfD toward a deletion. Even though only 1 person from ARS got involved, it's a weak point.

IMO the real strength of this group has been researching sources and improving articles. I would like to make posts here that basically say in effect please help improve the article because it's under imminent threat, but please do not participate in the AfD because it causes too much trouble with the community.

Such requests can be voluntary. It only requires the co-operation of readers here to also voluntarily not get involved in the AfD. Only the original poster asking for help can get involved in the AfD. It would be an "AfD-Free" posting. -- GreenC 17:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Page move request

Just wanted to drop the permalink for a discussion about renaming this page in case it helps anybody in the future: Special:Permalink/1242941319, it was proposed at WP:RM/TR that the rescue list be moved to Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list, but this was reverted due to a bug preventing subscriptions from following the move, so a move discussion may need to occur here at some point to decide if the project wants to change the title, if that ever happens, processing it may need to wait for a bug fix, or the members will need to be informed. ASUKITE 16:38, 29 August 2024 (UTC)