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[edit] Reminder

Please don't forget to add {{subst:CVG deletion}} to the AfD pages after you've listed them here. Thanks. --SevereTireDamage 23:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Another reminder: If the AfD list page nearly destroys your computer as it does mine, a useful link is this experimental interface and bot: User:Dragons flight/AFD summary. It covers all existing open AfDs and even makes rough vote counts in different categories such as Keep, Delete, Merge and Comment. --SevereTireDamage 02:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organisation

Since we currently have an amorphous mass of CVG deletion entries, which makes them hellishly difficult to read and keep up to date with, I'd like to propose we separate them by date using ==== headers. This would be done thus:

  1. At the top would be placed a single section labeled "Older." If the oldest date has, at any point, fewer than four entries (ie, less than or equal to three), it would be dissolved and have its entries placed in this section.
  2. Below, a section for each day, labelled according to its date and in chronological order. Unless a given day is the oldest currently with its own section, it is exempt from the dissolution process outlined in the point above.
  3. New sections are added by the users as they add entries for each new day.

This might take a bit of organisation, but I'd certainly be happy to maintain the system personally (since it was my idea, and I can imagine that it'd take a fair amount of work over time). What thinks you all? RandyWang (raves/review me!) 13:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Going by date would be good; plus then you could see what the newest ones are and which ones have already racked up some "delete as fancruft per nom" votes. -- gakon5 14:56, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I support the layout as well. The section editing by date will also make it a little easier to add entries. The only problem is that the TOC for the front page for WP:CVG is already monstrous, and this will make it even longer (and the Requested Articles was recently condensed for this reason). Still, not a very important reason overall. --SevereTireDamage 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I support, though you've already done it. Makes it easier to keep track of, add on and remove. I don't think it adds too much length, and I'm still working on making the rest of the page shorter. --PresN 21:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
If you were the one that removed the dates for each afdl tag (and, in my laziness, I'll assume that you are), thanks! I was surprised to find so much text "missing," but I'm warming to the differences already. That, and it'll make maintaining the Archive somewhat easier. RandyWang (raves/review me!) 02:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I've organised the closed deletion in "kept", "deleted", etc. Hope you guys don't mind. --Peephole 15:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

I've linked each displayed date to the relevant log, to make life easier in checking the logs for the previous few days: basically, it's an enormous hassle to have to find one's way to them, when they could just be linked right there at the page. My concern is that this may make things hard to read, with the reduced contrast, so feel free to revert if this doesn't work as well as intended. RandyWang (chat/patch) 12:16, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I like it; I don't think it makes it harder to read at all. --PresN 17:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Saving some of the stuff

Tag any article on specific units/characters/areas with {{Move to gaming wiki}} then I will move it to a gaming wiki. Just don't tag mods or fan sites. --Cs california 22:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Closed list

I've been archiving AfDs in the closed list that are older than one month (which should be time for reference purposes.) However, it still gets quite long.

Could we print the closed list in small text? MarašmusïneTalk 21:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. WP:BOLD. Andre (talk) 22:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transclude deletion debates?

It might be useful to transclude the "open" deletion debates, like the main AFD pages do. This way, it is easy to see which discussions need attention or closing. User:Krator (t c) 00:11, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Instructions

The instructions on this page are confusing. I don't know what to do. SharkD (talk) 05:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I rewrote some. Are they clear now? Or try to edit the page and see how that looks, it's quite straightforward when you see the page source. User:Krator (t c) 12:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template deletions

How do I add TFDs here? --Mika1h (talk) 21:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archives

Does anyone object to me converting the archives to a month-by-month basis (i.e. deletions in March, deletions in April, etc.), such as is for the new articles? I'll also redo /Archive 1, as right now it is unruly. MrKIA11 (talk) 00:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)