Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Archive 3

message: Copied from Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Desk/Archive 1 to continue discussion. --Tewy 00:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominations page length 

message: I've seen many comments and especially nominations that are unsigned by the nominee/user. So, I've added a cat. that will allow Hagermanbot to work its magic on the In Review page. It will place the  template on comments/nominations that are unsigned. Hopefully this will help. Just letting everyone know. Tennis DyNamiTe (sign here) 00:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsigned comments 

message: How should the nominations page be archived? There's the move procedure, which includes a page history, but requires that all the mottos are closed at once; and there's the cut and paste procedure, which doesn't include a page history, but allows mottos to be archived as they come. Personally I prefer the cut and paste procedure, so that anyone can archive a discussion. --Tewy 21:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I'd prefer mottos archived one by one or a couple at a time. I don't think every motto should be close at the same time, because that would mean some mottos being rejected or approved early before much discussion could take place. Tennis DyNamiTe (sign here) 22:00, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I'll modify the procedure to include that. --Tewy 23:59, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Tewy 06:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominations page archive method 

message: Several pages were brought up in discussion, with the intent to have them deleted (Poorly named archives, /Rejected, /Desk, etc.). I skimmed through the deletion policy page and didn't see anything that would allow for a speedy deletion of those pages, so I instead made them redirects. (If someone is more familiar with the deletion policy, then by all means, nominate them for deletion!) And as far as I can tell, all of those pages are now redirects (seen in italics on Special:Allpages). Is this an okay compromise if they can't be deleted? --Tewy 01:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because these pages can't be speedied or PRODed, they all need a full MfD discussion if they are to be deleted. Wodup 04:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh I saw that! I just didn't know if it was the right place for all these minor subpages. I'll look into that unless someone more familiar with MfD can do it instead. I have the text of each page that needs deleted (organized and with links), if anyone needs it. --Tewy 05:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've listed Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Rejected at WP:MfD. I think the pages that were able to redirected may be able to stay since redirects are cheap. Wodup 07:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. So now all that are left are the daily subpages. --Tewy 20:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, and the approved archives could be deleted as well, per Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Desk/Archive 2#Archives of Mottos. --Tewy 06:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The approved page and the approved archives are listed on MfD now. Should we archive Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Approved? Wodup 08:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I really don't know. When I looked through the deletion policy, I couldn't find one that obviously fit our purposes. The best leads pointed to MfD. --Tewy 18:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

text: You might check the deletion logs (1, 2, 3, and 4). They mention obsolete subpages and MfD. --Tewy 21:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

text: If you haven't already seen this, it's the explanation you're looking for. --Tewy 20:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I asked the deleting administrator, Robdurbar, and got this reply. So, now we know. Wodup 01:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct subpages