Category talk:Entries needing topical attention
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The theory behind this category and Wiktionary page is that several request templates take a |topic= parameter, which if used places the page in Category:Entries needing topical attention. Then, the page is added (by bot, ideally) to Wiktionary:Entries needing topical attention, and is eventually supposed to be processed and removed. In practice, however, this mechanism is quite dormant. There are only 23 pages in Category:Entries needing topical attention, and Wiktionary:Entries needing topical attention hasn't been updated in 5 years (it was formerly updated by the bot of User:msh210, who is now mostly inactive). I'm not sure if this mechanism ever worked well, and no one seems to care about it anymore, so I suggest removing it (i.e. delete the category and Wiktionary page, as well as the code in the various request templates that place pages in the category; see Category:Request templates). Benwing2 (talk) 22:20, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- Since we haven't attracted very many topical experts in the 10 years since the template and categories were introduced, we can reasonably expect not get any in the next ten years either. I suppose pinging individuals is likely to be more effective for those of use who know about the specific interests of some of our active contributors. And if we do attract some expertise, they can help by reviewing all the entries in our topical categories, rather than a select few. DCDuring (talk) 00:44, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
- I must confess to not having run that bot in approximately forever; not do I plan to do so. If anyone wishes to take it over, the bot code is ready available (linked to from that project page). I recommend the project page remain, with a notice atop it indicating its dormancy and that anyone is invited to revive it. Unless and until that happens, the category should probably be depopulated: it's pretty useless without the project page. (Not necessarily deleted, though. Again, a note on it indicating its dormancy and how to revive it should suffice.)—msh210℠ (talk) 22:34, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. It's not used and it doesn't have much potential for use. In almost two years, no one has come to its defense. Ultimateria (talk) 23:44, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
RFD-deleted the category, marked the WT page as inactive. This, that and the other (talk) 08:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
I would like to delete the 30 or so links to this page now, as it seems the links serve no purpose and might just waste people's time if someone stumbles on this thinking the category will go blue when it needs attention. In fact, although i didnt save the edit, judging by a preview it looks like the topic= oaram doesnt even add the page to the category anymore. —Soap— 07:40, 20 September 2023 (UTC)