Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern African Music & Sound (2nd nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: keep. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 23:32, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern African Music & Sound

Unclear what has changed since Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern African Music & Sound. The few new editors that just signed up to Wikipedia is hardly a sign this project will survive. At best that needs to be a task force (if even that). Gonnym (talk) 18:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep due to no deletion rational proffered by the nomination. This should be a talk page discussion. The claim, This project has now attracted about 20 editors, and we've made a significant contribution to wikipedia. Please see the campaign here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/southern_african_music__sound/programs, should be discussed on the talk page, not at MfD. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:42, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The deletion rationale is the same as for the first deletion nomination in March 2024, which was closed as delete. The work of a WikiProject is normally done at its talk page. The talk page of this project had 159 pageviews in the year 2024, which is less than 1 daily pageview, and 113 of those pageviews were on 18 March 2024, in connection with the previous MFD. The project page itself shows 399 pageviews in the year 2024, or approximately 1 daily pageview. and 117 of those pageviews were on 18 March 2024. The activity for both the project page and the project talk page is in two clusters, the first between 13 March 2024 and 1 April 2024, and the second between 18 September 2024 and 20 September 2024. It appears that this project and its project talk page were entirely unused between 2 April 2024 and 17 September 2024. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:57, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neither the deletion rationale or the circumstances are the same. The March 2024 MfD was not closed as delete. SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:56, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, provisionally. This MfD interrupted the activity of the externally funded and externally coordinated group which would like to use the WikiProject format to record the articles they created etc. During the last MfD, there still wasn't a group of editors, but now it looks like there might be one. However, as activity has stalled--if it doesn't restart, the WikiProject should be deleted.—Alalch E. 19:16, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: This Wikiproject is run primarily by academics and students. The model is to host edit-a-thons throughout the year to work on the content. That is why the activity is intermittent. At least four edit-a-thons are planned for 2025. The value of the project should therefore not only be viewed in terms of activity on the Wikiproject page: the project are addressing significant gaps in Wikipedia's knowledge base over the longer term. The external website of the project can be viewed here: https://aoinstitute.ac.za/southern-african-encyclopedia-of-music-and-sound/ Viljowf (talk) 06:37, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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