Forum:Wikililo.org

WikiLilo
WikiLilo is intended to be a wiki where all the lost and deleted wikipedia articles can go. I know many [wikipedia] users are increasingly frustrated with the somewhat contraversial removal policies (notability being an example). Wikipedia creators sometimes spend hours creating a page that is later deemed un-notable.

Several years ago, I (MR.R) really took a liking to wikipedia because I could find information on certain less popular items that I could find very little information on in more traditional sources. While I understand, and concede, that not every piece of information is worth having in wikipedia, I think a lot of deleted stubs and less-notable articles could be useful to others. That caused me to think about WikiLilo. I was told that "Lilo" means "temporarily lost" in Hawaiian, so I registered the domains WikiLilo.com,.net,.org.

Possible Slogans and Logos

 * WikiLilo - The Lost Pieces
 * Possible Logo: The missing pieces from the top of the Wikipedia ball.
 * WikiLilo - Where Lost Articles are Found

Discussions
Before requesting a new Wiki for this, I wanted to try to get a consensus as to whether others think this could be useful. I can envision getting additional support by asking Wikipedian Admins to be kind enough to add a WikiLilo comment to their removal notices ie. "This article does not appear to be notable according to the Wikipedia guidelines. Perhaps this article should be moved to the WikiLilo."

== Arguments Pro Wikililo- I think it's a great idea! There is a search on Foodtvnetwork.com that will only hold a recipe for a certain amount of time and then it's gone! I just hate that! It's always the one I need!

Arguments Con WikiLilo
MR.R 03:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
I think this is too broad. Deleted Wikipedia articles can already be saved on Wikia, but it's best if they go to a wiki on a specific subject so they have a community to look after them. For example, if a Wikipedia article on a website is listed for deletion, it can be copied to the Internet Wikia, if an article on a Muppet episode was deleted, perhaps the Muppet Wikia community would choose to rescue it for their site. A general site for everything deleted isn't likely to be well enough maintained to prevent it being full of only junk (and most of what Wikipedia deletes is junk. :) Angela talk