Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion

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Latest comment: 1 hour ago by Dan Polansky in topic Student Projects/Major rivers in India

We welcome and appreciate civil discussion of requests to delete or undelete pages when reasonable objections are made or are likely, the advice in Wikiversity:Deletions is followed, and other options have failed. A good attitude is to explain what you have tried, ask for help or advice from fellow Wikiversity participants on what to do now, keep an open mind, accept any community consensus, and focus on how pages can be improved. Finding ways to improve pages is the preferred outcome of any discussion and consensus here. Pages should always be kept when reasonable concerns are adequately addressed. Reasons and responses should be specific and relate to Wikiversity policy or scope in some way, kept brief, and stated in a positive or neutral way. Vague reasons ("out of scope", "disruptive") may be ignored.

A clear consensus should emerge before archiving a request. Often discussion takes a week or more to reach a clear consensus. Remember to add {{dr}} to the top of pages nominated for deletion. You can put "keep", "delete", or "neutral" at the beginning of your response, but consensus is established by discussion and reasoning, not mere voting.

How to begin discussion

  1. Add {{Deletion request}} or {{dr}} to the image, category or resource nominated for deletion.
  2. Add a new section to the end of this page using the following format:
    == [[Page title]] ==
    reasons why this page ought to be deleted --~~~~

Deletion requests

If an article should be deleted and does not meet speedy deletion criteria, please list it here. Include the title and reason for deletion. If it meets speedy deletion criteria, just tag the resource with {{Delete|reason}} rather than opening a deletion discussion here.

If an article has been deleted, and you would like it undeleted, please list it here. Please try to give as close to the title as possible, and list your reasons for why it should be restored. The first line after the header should be: Undeletion requested

List of unresolved deletion requests

 
Unresolved questions about "what-goes-where" hinder rfd decision-making.

The following discussions were not resolved. But during the discussion one of the pages were changed significantly (often without documenting the changes in the discussion.) The result is a chaotic discussion often not based on the latest version of the page. The other discussion cannot be resolved until the 6-month rule for allowing a page to remain in draft-space is settled. If you have a page to nominate for deletion (or undeletion), but feel unresolved policy decisions preclude a resolution, please add it to the list below

Unused files uploaded by Robert Elliott

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A few unused files was for some reason not added to Category:Files uploaded by Robert Elliott - unused the first time and therefore not deleted. I have now added them manually. Perhaps they can be deleted too? --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 07:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
 Y Done @MGA73 and Dan Polansky: I put a prod on Category:Files uploaded by Robert Elliott - unused in case some more files come up in the near future. Can we close this discussion? --Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 01:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

User pages created as part of Computer Essentials (ICNS 141)

While going through unused files, I was reminded of another lingering issue.

Between 2009 and 2011, a course at w:Mahidol University International College required students to create user pages on Wikiversity and upload pictures and/or video of themselves to complete homework assignments. One typical example of these pages is User:Netac~enwikiversity. The course appears to have stopped using Wikiversity after 2011, but most of the content created by the students is still present.

I'm curious whether it might be appropriate for us to bulk delete the user / user talk pages and related media which were created as part of these assignments. I don't see any educational value in retaining these pages, and many of them contain personal information (like names and photos) which the students may not have expected to remain online and accessible to the public indefinitely.

I haven't assembled a full list of the pages involved, but there are some partial lists at:

Omphalographer (discusscontribs) 03:42, 2 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

If students are not active then I agree that they should perhaps be deleted. If they were asked to create the page as a part of their study they may not have realised or wanted their info to remain here forever. If they ever return they can always ask to have page restored. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 14:37, 20 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

What is to be gained by deleting these files? As user pages, they don't show up in a search. Deleted pages aren't removed from the database, so it doesn't save any space on the server. I'm having trouble seeing the benefit of deleting this content. -- Dave Braunschweig (discusscontribs) 21:45, 26 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

It protects the privacy of the users who created these pages. As noted above, many of them contain personal information (like names and photos) which the students may not have expected to remain online and accessible to the public indefinitely. Excluding the pages from external search indexing doesn't make them inaccessible; it just makes them harder to find. Omphalographer (discusscontribs) 21:53, 26 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
Have you ever made contact to stewards about this issue? MathXplore (discusscontribs) 08:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Apparently nobody has made contact with the stewards, but perhaps we could place all this under Draft:Archive and close this discussion? I am also perfectly fine with deletion, if that is what "the community" desires.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 02:02, 25 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Guy vandegrift, @MathXplore, @Omphalographer and @Dave Braunschweig. I will ask for advice on m:Steward requests/Miscellaneous unless someone says "Noooo, thats not what we meant." (Thought of asking something like "Should we delete old user page information etc. if the pages were created as a school project. Unlike other users the students many not have created the content entirely by their own free will." ) --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 18:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm not sure if this case is included in the scope of m:Steward requests/Miscellaneous, but thank you for your cooperation. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 00:26, 26 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
MathXplore I agree that it is probably not what the page was created for but if we think we should ask the stewards I can't find a better place to ask. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 14:29, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
So far one comment that "I think such disscussion should better take place at Wikimedia Forum. Ultimately it's still a local issue and needs to resolved locally though." --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 21:02, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I made a new post at m:Wikimedia Forum. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 21:07, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I just de-wikified the cot/cob collapse because now is the time to decide. My only comment is that removing all these pages will require a great deal of time. Were students required to post personal information? This user gave only first, last, ID#, and nickname. --Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 21:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Update: The post on m:Steward requests/Miscellaneous was archived to m:Steward_requests/Miscellaneous/2024-03 without further comments. The post on m:Wikimedia Forum is still open but no replies so far. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 07:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@MGA73, MathXplore, and Omphalographer: I will carefully read your comments and saw no evidence of objection to delete. I will begin deleting them now. Searching through the pages, I found only 41 links to userpages. I will check for recent activity.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 00:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Update: I just deleted five, and to took very little time or effort. I will pause, out of caution, and also because if I don't lots of breaks, I will get bored, lose focus, and forget to do things like check for recent history--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 00:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Unused files uploaded by PCano

I suggest to delete the 287 unused files listed in Category:Files uploaded by PCano - unused. A longer discussion about unused files in general can be seen at Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion/Archives/20#Thousands_of_unused_files and a similar discussion about files uploaded by Robert Elliott was closed as delete above. Uploader have not been actice since 2011 so it is unlikely the files will ever be used. The files seems to be a part of a set of data. I do not know if the set is complete. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 19:17, 26 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't know the details, but sometimes the WikiJournals process the copyright differently. Has anybody checked with them about these files? If not, I would be happy to do the deed.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 02:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Guy vandegrift I have not checked with WikiJournals. I was not thinking about copyright but if we are sure the files are correct and if they are of use to anyone? --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 14:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
As I recall, files that are imbedded in pdf files are don't show up as being used. I don't know why the WikiJournal would care, the wikitext but want the pdf and raw files (wouldn't make any sense.) But the value of the Wikijournals is such that somebody needs to double check.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 14:52, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
If the files are really embedded in a pdf (not linked), they are part of the pdf, and even if the files get deleted, the content is still in the pdf. What are examples of pdfs produced by Wikijurnals? --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 15:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Archiving of Invalid fair use by User:Marshallsumter

This space is for any unfinished business from that discussion.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 07:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Space fleet academy

This was given a prod that has expired. One or two people edited it after the prod was placed. It is a learning experience to write the page. Dave had no objection to it. So IMHO, at the very least it belongs in draft space. Here I am just logging the fact that I removed the prod. I will leave a note on their talk pages suggesting it might get moved off the top of namespace. --Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 03:07, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

This case is not so simple as other nearly-worthless pages that I am sending to deletion. The page Space fleet academy/Pre-orientation program at least has a list of YouTube videos, and one could learn something by perusing these videos in sequence. On the other hand, I struggle to understand the scope of "Space fleet academy" and its subpages. My initial response is that I am not clear whether this should be deleted and what the reasoning is. I suspect a good case for deletion could be made. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 13:05, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
We should wait for a response from Talk:Space fleet academy, unless the editor starts to make more pages.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 14:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I made first contact with the author, who is playing the satire to the hilt (if it is satire.) Let's give a week to see what he does with it. If there are no improvements, it should go into userspace (since it has a single author.)--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 11:38, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Seems like a personal passion project looking for a home. Suggest move to user sub-page. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 19:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Voting on Space fleet academy

Unused files uploaded by Katluvdogs

I suggest to delete the 137 unused files listed in Category:Files uploaded by Katluvdogs - unused. A longer discussion about unused files in general can be seen at Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion/Archives/20#Thousands_of_unused_files and a similar discussion about files uploaded by Robert Elliott was closed as delete above. Uploader have not been actice since 2009 so it is unlikely the files will ever be used. The files seems to be class notes but in order for the files to be usable they have to be categorized. Also it seems many are questions and questions are good but there should also be answers somewhere in order for it to be educational. --MGA73 (discusscontribs) 10:35, 3 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

WikiService

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Ontosomose of Gender

I opened this RFD for a single purpose and that is: move this page created in 2007 by an anon to Draft:Archive/2024/Ontosomose of Gender rather than deleting it. It would be a pity to lose this little gem, quite possibly created as a joke. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 13:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is a good example of why we should just archive that which we do not understand. It looks like gibberish to me, but Google Scholar has this article on him. We may or may not be qualified to disagree with Google Scholar. But we are certainly too small in number and to busy to look into everything Google Scholar deems worthy of mentioning. The suggestion that we move into Draft:Archive is seconded and  Y Done.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 15:06, 6 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Digital Media Concepts/BILL GATES (William Henry Gates III)

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OpenOffice.org

This one has me confused. I used OpenOffice a long time ago, but grew tired of the advertising that came with the download. The page looks good to me, but some subpages have been nominated for speedy deletion. What makes this case interesting is the history. Two high ranking WV administrators (Jtneill and Dave Braunschweig) worked hard to bring it up to speed, though I am sure neither currently objects to the project's deletion. I drop their names so everybody believes me when I say that policy change is in the air. Discuss it if you wish, or go ahead and make a vote so I can look for a consensus. It won't take much convincing to get me to move it to Draft:Archive/2024/OpenOffice.org, especially if we leave a redirect. In fact, I will move with a redirect if anybody "votes" to move or delete.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 19:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I nominated OpenOffice.org/Writer and other subpages for speedy deletion. Looking at OpenOffice.org, I do not see any saving grace either => delete, or move to userspace or move to draft archive. The page OpenOffice.org as it is does almost nothing to help one learn about OpenOffice.org; the few external links do not save it. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:59, 9 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I changed my vote to move relative material to WP because we don't need time-consuming solutions. Will keep discussion open to permit others to perform the deed if they wish.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 17:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
In the voting section I was asked why pages are safer in Draft:Archive-space than in Draft-space. That got me thinking: Why do we have a policy that allows drafts to be deleted after 6 months? Why not leave the effort in draft-space, with the understanding that anybody who want to improve the dormant draft can just blank it? This preserves the effort for whomever made it in the history of that draft? This will greatly reduce the number of pages that go into Draft:Archive. I created Draft:Archive so that nobody's prior efforts would get lost. The fewer pages I have to put there the better. We need a consensus to go into Wikiversity:Drafts and change that policy.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 05:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Voting on OpenOffice.org

Please keep your vote, comment, and signature under 1 kB. Longer comments go in the section above.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 19:11, 7 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Guy vandegrift: I am not sure what you mean by "This page is safer [...]" -- perhaps you mean it is likely likely to be effectively lost in the draft namespace or deleted from the draft namespace (?). I respect your views on that. I am happy enough that good faith contributions are moved to Draft namespace rather than deleted. I respect diversity of views and opinion about how Draft namespace could be best organized to be most collectively fruitful for the Creative Commons and this wiki. Michael Ten (discusscontribs) 04:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Michael Ten: According to Wikiversity:Drafts, "Resources which remain in the draft space for over 180 days (6 months) without being substantially edited may be deleted.". I do not like that policy, BTW.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 05:03, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Interesting. Thank you for educating me on that. I agree with you; I do not think that is fruitful to the Creative Commons. You inspired this suggestion. Appreciated. Michael Ten (discusscontribs) 05:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Metadata

From my speedy deletion nomination: "little to learn from here and the little that is here is from Wikipedia; no FR/EL". I have no objection to this being moved to user space or to Draft:Archive. Guideline: WV:Deletions. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:40, 9 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

As we decide what to do with [[Metadata]], I assembled a choice of templates we might use in the future with such pages. These templates use MAGIC WORDS that are connected to the current year and the page's location in namespace, and for that reason it is best to view the templates on a page that is actually up for deletion/pagemove. Two of the variations were designed by me to make it easier to copy/paste the new pagename (I also included the template's name to make it easier to for newbies to learn.)--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 18:59, 9 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see only two templates as relevant: Template:delete (speedy) and Template:rfd: non-speedy. I logged my disagreement to the template "Draftify" at Wikiversity:Colloquium#Template:Draftify, which is what I think is the best place to discuss that template. I also created Wikiversity:Colloquium#Expanding WV:Deletions with Moving to Draft archive to codify what has recently been ongoing, namely that pages have been being moved to Draft archive instead of deleted; and I hope to get some supports there.
As for "Metadata", the key decision is "keep in mainspace" vs. "remove from mainspace" and this is what this RFD is about. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 07:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Dan Polansky: The problem with Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion is that is a "round hole" and the community is evolving towards "square pegs". Meanwhile, I need a bottom line so I can look for sufficient consensus to act.o

Voting on Metadata

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Facilitation

Trivial questions don't save what is a page with learning outcomes that are scarce (WV:Deletions]). I don't care whether this gets deleted, moved to userspace or moved to Draft:Archive. This was proposed for deletion in 2016 by Dave Braunschweig and was "saved" by adding questions that in my view are trivial and do not save the article. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 17:01, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Delete. I don't think the page achieves anything. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 04:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Draftify, pending vote to rescind the 6-month draftspace deletion rule (latest vote change)--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 11:25, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Archive, Delete, or Userspace (roughly in that order: vote cast on behalf of Dan Polansky by Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 17:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC)That's accurate. I guess I prefer Archive. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 17:57, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Draftify (Move to Draft namespace) - I contributed to this page in good faith. Deleting this page rather than preserving it somewhere will further decrease my motivations to contribute Creative Commons content to the Commons on this wiki, with the understanding that it is OK and considered a "best practice" to delete some good faith Creative Commons contributions on this wiki. A relevant rational may also be found here. Limitless peace. Michael Ten (discusscontribs) 04:43, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The "good faith" talk is, in my view, entirely beside the point. Faith is not in question in deletion discussion, merely the aptness of the material for inclusion on a project, or inclusion in a specific namespace. For example, Wikiversity is not a repository of good-faith small children's creations or their analogues, or at least its mainspace is not. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 09:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
As an aside, the word you are looking for is "rationale", not "rational". --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Dan Polansky: I do not accept your premise that "Wikiversity is not a repository of (small children's creations)". ... Also, there is a parallel discussion at Wikiversity_talk:Deletions#Proposed_modifications, and it may remove most of the need for Draft:Archive. Michael Ten has pointed out that pages in draftspace could remain permanently. Looking back into the history, I discovered that I voted for the 180 limit. I had forgotten all about that vote, but my own choice of wording jogged my memory: I voted for a 180 day limit because the decision to delete old drafts seemed like a foregone conclusion (Groupthink - who needs it!)--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 13:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Well, then, from what does it follow that Wikiversity is such a repository? Which guideline, policy or scope statement? By small children I mean, say 0-6 years olds. Should e.g. scans of all pictures drawn by such children be uploadable as "educational content"? And if not pictures, should their first writings be uploadable? Why do they need publishing; does their local harddrive storage not serve the creative purpose enough? --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 13:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I overstated my remark about children's work: For the most part, it belongs in userspace or draftspace. And, we need the parent's permission. But colleges teach courses in elementary education. I once walked into such a course and somebody was reading a children's book to the entire class. But we have no entrance requirements for Wikiversity, no minimum IQ is needed. Keep in mind that our differences are matters of personal taste (not factual reality.) The question at hand at Wikiversity_talk:Deletions#Proposed_modifications is what requirements we wish to have for a page to reside indefinitely in draftspace.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 14:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

HHF

This page stands for "High School Help Forum". It never became anything useful, it seems; it mostly contains pages that invite people to post but posts with actual content to learn from are missing. It has subpages that contain nothing useful, e.g. HHF/Physics/Introductory Physics, HHF/Physics/Mechanics, and HHF/Physics/Heat. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 08:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Move to Draft archive or move to user space or delete, whatever is considered more appropriate. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 08:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Draftify (pending vote to rescind 6-month draftspace deletion rule) Here's my problem: (1) Moving to draft space is not possible because the effort to allow unlimited presence in draft-space is stalled. (2) I don't want to move to draft-archive space because that is more time-consuming than moving to draft space. (3) Deletion is out because I strongly oppose, and I see no evidence of a community consensus to delete (as defined by Wikipedia and Wikitionary)--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 10:23, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    There can very well be a 2/3-consensus to delete if one or two people join the discussion and say something like "delete per WV:Deletions". Therefore, it does not seem true that deletion is out of question. It depends on who turns out and who decides to follow the actual guideline WV:Deletions as currently specified. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 12:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I took a closer look at HHF and its 39(?) subpages. It's totally empty of content, but with an interesting use of wikitext. I could transfer three or so pages to Draft:Archive and send the rest to the author's userspace. LIke with Marshallsumpter, it would have to be moved in about three parts because I can't even move that many pages in one operation. That makes a 2-0 vote and I'm sure nobody else would object. See also User_talk:MathXplore#Question_about_soft_deletion.... --Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 15:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Surreal numbers

1) Initially, this page made almost no sense to me; it did not explain what the "{x|y}" notation was supposed to mean. 2) However, from reading Wikipedia: Surreal numbers, I see this notation is actually used. But then, the Wikiversity page has very little content and does not seem to do anything that the Wikipedia page does not do better. At a minimum, it should explain the notation. The page should only exist if it does something that Wikipedia does not do, e.g. by being more didactic or tutorial-like. 3) As always, I am fine with this being moved to user space or Draft archive. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 07:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Since it has only one author, the proper place would be userspace. It could also go into subpace as a student project in mathematics. I have Physics/Essays, and it could easily go there.---Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 09:18, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Decadic numbers

Arguably, this is not good enough for the mainspace; I have no objections to this being in the draft space or the userspace. Issues: 1) The page appears to be an original research but is not marked as such; 2) it introduces the term "decadic number" as an original terminological invention, as far as I can tell, but does not disclose this to be the case; 3) the term "decadic number" is unfortunate since what is meant is something like "infinite decadic number"; 4) even the term "number" is questionable since it is not clear how these so-called numbers can have anything to do with quantity (but then, complex numbers arguably also do not express quantity, or a single quantity); 5) no attempt to formally define what a decadic number is made; this so-called decadic number appears to be a mapping from positive integers to the set of digits 0-9, to be interpreted from right to left; 6) e.g. "Addition of the decadic numbers is the same as that of the integers" is clearly untrue: integers are finite discrete quantities; ditto for "Multiplication works the same way in the decadic numbers as in the integers".

Perhaps this can be salvaged rather than moved out of mainspace. The first thing to do is add external sources dealing with the concept or state that this is original invention; and then, address the issues. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 07:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

As with Surreal numbers the choice is between userspace and a subspace where users could be encouraged to cooperate. Unlike Surreal numbers, I am unaware of any application in physics for this topic. The ideal place would be Discrete mathematics/Number theory because the Olympiads is a high school thing. I will contact the author about both pages--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 09:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
If the page should stay in mainspace, I see no reason why it could not stay at Decadic numbers; I don't see moving it around in mainspace as an improvement. But my position as explained above is that it is not fit for mainspace. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:07, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Rational numbers/Introduction

The page does not do anything that Wikipedia does not do better: Wikipedia: Rational number. The page contains unfilled tables that seemed to be intended to explain something, but since they are empty, explain nothing. The page has no further reading, revealing no attempt to find best complementary sources online, probably of much higher quality. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 10:20, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Now I see why you were kicked off Wiktionary. Wikiversity has a long and established tradition of allowing student efforts. This page is no worse that Student Projects/Major rivers in India, a page which I randomly selected from Student Projects. I am trying to recruit students to contribute to Wikiversity. Until the Wikiversity community changes its mind about allowing student projects, I will continue with that quest. I will change the template so as to not discourage a person clearly interested in teaching mathematics, and I want you to refrain from placing rfd templates on student efforts. Use {{subpagify}} instead.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 12:24, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I was blocked in the English Wiktionary for "racism" and more. In the English Wiktionary, I often defended pages nominated for deletion and rather rarely nominated anything for deletion. The English Wiktionary has almost no useless pages and is the 2nd most often visited project after Wikipedia. By contrast, the English Wikiversity has very few useful pages, a state of affairs that I am trying to turn around, step by step, following processes and guidelines that I did nothing to establish: WV:RFD and WV:Deletions. That is as far as persons go (ad hominem); as far as process, I hoped here to have a discussion with editors about whether this nearly useless page (Rational numbers/Introduction) should be moved out of the mainspace, and unless consensus developed for my position, I stand no chance to prevail. Rational numbers/Introduction is not a "student project" in any sense of "project" but rather example of all-too-typical junk. Again, I do not decide, others do with me being only a single voice/input. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 12:52, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Now you are on the right track! Wikiversity might be in a transition period between allowing all sorts of pages, to morphing into a selective institution. But the process has to change from the top-down, not from the bottom by deleting one page at a time. When I say "top", I am referring not to the administrators, but to the community at large. At present, RFD has nothing near the quorum required to implement the changes you (and others) are seeking. Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 13:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The only reasonable way going forward, to my mind anyway, is to follow WV:Deletions and not worry about the precedent of its countless violations. Since, should we take e.g. Relation between Electricity And Magnetism, existing since 2011‎, as an example of a page to be kept, then we must keep nearly everything. There are too many pages like that, and therefore, if we take their aggregate as a binding precedent to follow, we end up in trouble, unable to delete junk. It seems only fair to proceed according WV:Deletions, especially when using RFD process which gives potential opposition enough time to object. Such a procedure violates neither established guidelines nor processes; if it "violates" anything, then preexisting extreme lenience/tolerance toward junk, lenience that, as far as I know, was never codified into a guideline. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 13:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
No. Please don't use this page as an agenda for reforming Wikiversity. Go to the Colloquium or write an essay. Having said that, I did delete Creating Relation between Electricity And Magnetism because that follows both guidelines and established practice.--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 13:50, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Actually, lenience is given an advantage when pages are up for deletion (See Special:Permalink/2615245#Wikipedia's_deletion_policy for evidence that deletion requires somewhat of a super-majority.) But you are not calling for deletion of low quality pages. Instead you want them out of mainspace. We have room for compromise. But, as I said before: RFD is not the place to discuss this. If you want, I could take "Wikiversity:What-goes-where 2024" out of my user-space and we could discuss it there.Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 14:18, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Student Projects/Major rivers in India

This page fails WV:Verifiability, for one: surely the author cannot know these statements without consulting a source, but no source (zero) is provided. Thus, the author did nothing to meet a verification standard. The reader does not learn anything they could not have learned in Wikipedia => no value for the reader. The page uses almost no wiki features, except for boldface, so the author did not practice wiki editing either. I would have used speedy nomination, but since I expect some opposition, I go for RFD. This shall be my last post to this RFD nomination; I defer to the collective of other editors for the decision. --Dan Polansky (discusscontribs) 07:32, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply