Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Pseudosuchians (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: delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:44, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Pseudosuchians

Paleontology-related portals at MFD 1 May 2019
Portal	Sub-pages	MFD
P:Pterosaurs	Pterosaurs subpg	MFD — Pterosaurs
P:Brachiopods	Brachiopods subpg	MFD — Brachiopods
P:Trilobites	Trilobites subpg	MFD — Trilobites
P:Ammonoids	Ammonoids subpg	MFD — Ammonoids
P:Pseudosuchians	Pseudosuchians subpg	MFD — Pseudosuchians
P:Trace fossils	Trace fossils subpg	MFD — Trace fossils

Abandoned mini-portal.

One of a very large number of paleontology-related portals created by Abyssal (talk · contribs), this one was built in 2015 with 3 Selected articles, 1 Selected pictures, and some DYKs. And there it has remained.

Pseudosuchia is not a very narrow topic. Category:Pseudosuchians and its subcats contains 683 articles, of which 400 are non-stubs. There could potentially be a useful portal on the topic, but this is not it. The head article Pseudosuchia and the navbox Template:Pseudosuchia provide much better navigation than this portal.

Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". Sadly, this one does not enhance.

Abyssal has created some portals which are well-developed (see User:Abyssal/Abyssal portal/Portals started). Others less so: see the current MFD:Portal:Trace fossils, and the closed MFD:Portal:Prehistory of Oceania and MFD:Portal:Prehistory of North America.

This portal was previously discussed at WP:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Pseudosuchians in 2017. That discussion closed as "no consensus". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:12, 1 May 2019‎ (UTC)[reply]

Comment - This is an unsigned MFD nomination, but the history shows that it is by User:BrownHairedGirl. So does the detailed analysis show that it is her work. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:41, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! Now signed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:44, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or userify, if Abyssal desires. Rather further down the evolutionary tree to a portal with 3 selected articles, an image and 8 complete DYK sets, but still not there yet. I agree with the nominator that this is potentially a viable topic – our coverage in this area is good –and if deleted, would suggest a soft delete in case anyone wants to use this as a basis. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:15, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Old pseudo-portal, 24 subpages, created 2015-09-02 15:25:46 by User:Abyssal. THREE articles, ONE picture. Not a 'navigation tool'! Portal:Pseudosuchians. Pldx1 (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, possibly by feeding to crocodiles. Agree with the analysis by BHG. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:59, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.