Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Santa Rosa (steamship) (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 . Published to mainspace (non-admin closure) AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:00, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
6 months after this was kept at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Santa Rosa (steamship) this page retains the misleading "promising draft" template so it will not get G13'd. Has been around since 2011. Legacypac (talk) 21:38, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- Move to mainspace as notable. Historically notable, sources exist, eg 1, eg 2. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:06, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- But cut the extraneous content on the unrelated Lady of the Lake (brig). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:11, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Done. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:19, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- But cut the extraneous content on the unrelated Lady of the Lake (brig). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:11, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- After the latest edit, Promote to mainspace, although with a WP:TROUT to User:DESiegel, who said that they would split this draft into two drafts, and did not do so. The extraneous content has only been removed now by User:SmokeyJoe after much talk. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:58, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: DESiegel hasn't edited since July. CoolSkittle (talk) 09:18, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- Comment - I think that all of the regulars at MFD are in agreement that {{Promising draft}} is a terrible idea. Maybe we should take it to Templates for Discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:58, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- It is not a terrible idea, it has just failed to find traction amongst people wanting to help with abandoned drafts of some value. A problem is that it still doesn't autocategorise (I asked for help with that, but should follow up), and the fact that it was linked from a newsletter, defeating the special:whatlinkshere function for the template. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:56, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
The template is an aweful idea - a dumping ground of crap that no one follows up on. The darn link from the newsletter also gave me trouble. I had to go to the category to start working the list. If someone wants to move the fixed page to mainspace there is no objection from me - this can be closed. Legacypac (talk) 08:16, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- I support taking {{Promising draft}} to TfD. As for this draft:
- Keep and promote to mainspace as notable. CoolSkittle (talk) 09:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
- I moved the stub to mainspace. See how it fairs. I withdraw this nom. Legacypac (talk) 06:54, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:03, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.