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'''Deletionpedia''' is a web site containing articles [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]] from [[English Wikipedia]]. Its articles preserve most Wikipedia article content, such as [[Help:Infobox|infoboxes]], references and [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categories]]. Deletionpedia's version of each article includes a header with more information about the deletion, such as (if applicable) whether a [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]] occurred, where on Wikipedia the delete discussion about the article can be found, and who did the deletion.
'''Deletionpedia''' was an online [[archive]] [[wiki]] containing articles [[Deletion of articles on Wikipedia|deleted]] from the [[English Wikipedia]]. Its version of each article included a header with more information about the deletion such as whether a speedy deletion occurred, where the deletion discussion about the article can be found and which editor deleted the article. The original Deletionpedia operated from February to September 2008. The site was restarted under new management in December 2013.<ref name=v2>{{cite web|title=Homepage|url=http://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page|publisher=Deletionpedia.org|access-date=6 May 2014|archive-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316154326/http://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Function==
The site is based on [[MediaWiki]], though updates have been automated. Deletionpedia has collected about 64,000 articles, currently{{update after|2009|1|1}} limited to those deleted from Wikipedia between February and September 2008.<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_by_deletion_date Category:Deletionpedia:Pages by deletion date], from the Deletionpedia website</ref>


The site was based on [[MediaWiki]].<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_by_deletion_date Category:Deletionpedia:Pages by deletion date] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326184744/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_by_deletion_date |date=2016-03-26 }}, from the Deletionpedia website</ref><ref name=Stats>{{cite web|title=Deletionpedia statistics|url=http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Statistics|publisher=Deletionpedia|access-date=6 May 2014|archive-date=14 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014234421/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Statistics|url-status=dead}}</ref> It functioned as something of a "wikimorgue";<ref name="CIO"/> it automatically collected articles deleted from Wikipedia.<ref name="CIO">{{cite news |url=http://www.cio.com/article/print/141650 |title=Wikipedia's Awkward Adolescence |last=Schneider |first=K. G. |date=September 26, 2007 |work=[[CIO magazine]] |publisher=International Data Group |access-date=27 September 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102125755/http://www.cio.com/article/print/141650 |archive-date=2 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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In addition to categories from Wikipedia, Deletionpedia adds its own categories to articles, based on various deletion criteria. It organizes pages by what month they were deleted, by how many editors had worked on a page, by how long they had lasted on Wikipedia (thousands of pages lasted over 1000 days before they were deleted<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_on_Wikipedia_for_1000_or_more_days Deletionpedia:Pages on Wikipedia for 1000 or more days], from the Deletionpedia website</ref>), and [[Wikipedia:Lists|pages which are lists]], among other criteria.


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In addition to categories preserved from Wikipedia, Deletionpedia had its own categories for articles, based upon the deletion criteria. Pages were organized by the month in which they were deleted, by the number of editors that had worked on a page and by the length of time the article had existed on Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_on_Wikipedia_for_1000_or_more_days|title=Deleted from Wikipedia - Category:Deletionpedia:Pages on Wikipedia for 1000 or more days - Deletionpedia|website=deletionpedia.dbatley.com|access-date=2008-09-18|archive-date=2018-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084755/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Category:Deletionpedia:Pages_on_Wikipedia_for_1000_or_more_days|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Deletionpedia states that it avoids hosting deleted pages that are copyright violations, pages with serious libel problems, pages whose full [[Help:Page history|revision history]] is still available on [[:Category:Wikimedia projects|Wikipedia's sister sites]], and pages which set out to offend others.<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Archive&oldid=1241010 Deletionpedia:Archive], from the Deletionpedia website</ref> However, it also claims that it intends to make the entire process automated.


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It stated it avoided [[Internet hosting service|hosting]] deleted pages that were [[copyright violations]], pages with serious libel problems, pages whose full [[Help:Page history|revision history]] was still available on [[:Category:Wikimedia projects|Wikipedia's sister sites]], and pages which set out to offend others.<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Archive&oldid=1241010 Deletionpedia:Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326184751/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Archive&oldid=1241010 |date=2016-03-26 }}, from the Deletionpedia website</ref>
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Some of the articles preserved by Deletionpedia were deleted from Wikipedia for being uninteresting, while others were the result of manipulation by political and business interests.<ref> {{citation|url=http://www.20min.ch/digital/webpage/story/Friedhof-der-Wikipedia-Artikel-23217219|publisher=20 minuten|title=Friedhof der Wikipedia-Artikel|author=Henning Steier|date=19 Sep 2008}}</ref> Unlike [[Wikipedia]], the site seeks no donations, suggesting instead that supporters donate to [[mySociety]] or to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Site_support Deletionpedia:Donate], from the Deletionpedia website</ref>


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Articles preserved by Deletionpedia were deleted from Wikipedia for a variety of reasons, from "being not notable" to "manipulation by political and business interests".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.20min.ch/digital/webpage/story/Friedhof-der-Wikipedia-Artikel-23217219|publisher=20 minuten|title=Friedhof der Wikipedia-Artikel|author=Henning Steier|date=19 Sep 2008|access-date=20 September 2008|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114040303/http://www.20min.ch/digital/webpage/story/Friedhof-der-Wikipedia-Artikel-23217219|url-status=live}}</ref> The site did not seek donations; its "Donate" page formerly suggested that supporters donate to [[mySociety]] or to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] instead.<ref>[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Site_support Deletionpedia:Donate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802012103/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Site_support |date=2019-08-02 }}, from the Deletionpedia website</ref>
==Reactions==


==Version 1==
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''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' cited it as a response to the culture clash that exists on Wikipedia between [[Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|deletionists and inclusionists]].<ref> [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121815517776622597.html Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt], by James Gleick. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', August 8, 2008</ref> ''[[The Industry Standard]]'' calls it a “a fine research project for sociology students to study what [[groupthink]] does when applied to a community-built compendium of knowledge.”<ref> [http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/17/deletionpedia-where-wikipedia-goes-die Deletionpedia: Where Wikipedia entries go to die], by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira. ''[[The Industry Standard]]'', posted September 17, 2008.</ref> The ''Industry Standard'' article in September 2008 made the website a victim of the [[Slashdot effect]].<ref> [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/17/1933219 Discussion about deletionpedia] at [[Slashdot]]</ref> Shortly thereafter, the ''Industry Standard'' again turned its attention to Deletionpedia, reporting that deletion of the article in Wikipedia about Deletionpedia (which you are looking at) was itself under discussion, suggesting that the article was not being considered for deletion based on “insignificance of the site” but rather “due to perceived criticism of Wikipedia itself.”<ref>[http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/19/if-wikipedia-deletes-entry-deletionpedia-it-pedia-singularity “A Catch 22 for Wikipedia: Should the Deletionpedia entry be deleted?”] by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira. [[The Industry Standard]], posted Sept. 19, 2008.</ref> Deletionpedia also made news at ''[[De Telegraaf]]'', the website for the largest daily morning Dutch language newspaper,<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/1948286/__Rustplaats_voor_afgedankte_Wiki-bijdragen__.html Rustplaats voor afgedankte Wiki-bijdragen] {{nl}}, a September 2008 article from ''[[De Telegraaf]]''</ref> and the ''[[The Inquirer]]'', a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Tech tabloid|technology tabloid]] website.<ref>[http://www.theinquirer.de/2008/09/18/deletionpedia-geloschte-wikipedia-artikel-zum-nachschlagen.html Deletionpedia: Gelöschte Wikipedia-Artikel zum Nachschlagen] {{de}}, a 18 September 2008 article from ''[[The Inquirer]]''.</ref>
The original Deletionpedia collected about 63,000 articles, which were deleted from Wikipedia between February and September 2008. Nearly 2000 of the pages were more than 1000 days old before they were deleted.


===Discontinuation===
The site has been more fully explored by [[Ars Technica]]<ref>[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080922-deletionpedia-where-entries-too-trivial-for-wikipedia-live-on.html
The last viewable log the site made of Wikipedia was taken on 14 June 2012 of [[Anime Festival Wichita]].<ref name=last>{{cite web|title=log.1.txt |url=http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/log.1.txt |publisher=Deletionpedia |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615002244/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/log.1.txt |archive-date=15 June 2012 }}</ref>
"Deletionpedia: where entries too trivial for Wikipedia live on"] an article from [[Ars Technica]] posted Sept. 22, 2008</ref> in an article that not only describes aspects of the website but mentions the controversy over deleting this entry from Wikipedia.


The original content is still available to view online.<ref name=v1>{{cite web|url=http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page|title=Deletionpedia|work=dbatley.com|access-date=2010-04-20|archive-date=2019-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915093929/http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, [[Jason Scott]]'s [[Archive Team]] saved a copy of the website with WikiTeam tools and uploaded the copy to the [[Internet Archive]]'s collection.<ref name="archive">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/wiki-deletionpedia.dbatley.com|title=Wiki - Deletionpedia : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive|website=archive.org|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>
==Related proposals==
Deletionpedia is a [[third party]] example of what ''CIO'' magazine called a "Wikimorgue"; in September 2007 they called such a site a "small but powerful check on Wikipedia's editors, who might think twice about deleting articles if they knew that by routine practice and internal policy, Wikipedia preserved all deleted pages, including their histories and discussions."<ref>[http://www.cio.com/article/print/141650 Wikipedia's Awkward Adolescence], from ''CIO'' magazine</ref>


===Reception===
In April 2008, [[Nicholson Baker]] proposed the creation of the similarly-named “Deletopedia” because:<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet How I fell in love with Wikipedia], an April 2008 article in ''The Guardian'', written by [[Nicholson Baker]]</ref>
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''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' cited it as a response to the culture clash that exists on Wikipedia between [[Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|deletionists and inclusionists]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597 Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106180219/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121815517776622597 |date=2018-11-06 }}, by [[James Gleick]]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', August 8, 2008</ref> ''[[The Industry Standard]]'' calls it "a [would-be] fine research project for [[sociology]] students to study what [[groupthink]] does when applied to a community-built compendium of knowledge".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aleo-Carreira |first1=Cyndy |title=Deletionpedia: Where Wikipedia Entries Go to Die |url=http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/17/deletionpedia-where-wikipedia-goes-die |work=[[The Industry Standard]] |date=17 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918084710/http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/17/deletionpedia-where-wikipedia-goes-die |archive-date=18 September 2008}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, the ''Industry Standard'' again turned its attention to Deletionpedia, reporting that deletion of the article in Wikipedia about Deletionpedia was itself under discussion, suggesting that the article was not being considered for deletion based on "insignificance of the site" but rather "due to perceived criticism of Wikipedia itself".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aleo-Carreira |first1=Cyndy |title=A Catch-22 for Wikipedia: Should the Deletionpedia Entry Be Deleted? |url=http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/22/slashdot-coverage-nets-deletionpedia-wikipedia-reprieve |work=[[The Industry Standard]] |date=22 September 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091026164259/http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/22/slashdot-coverage-nets-deletionpedia-wikipedia-reprieve |archive-date=26 October 2009}}</ref> Deletionpedia also made news at ''[[De Telegraaf]]'', the website for the largest daily morning [[Dutch language]] newspaper,<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/1948286/__Rustplaats_voor_afgedankte_Wiki-bijdragen__.html Rustplaats voor afgedankte Wiki-bijdragen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219000948/http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/1948286/__Rustplaats_voor_afgedankte_Wiki-bijdragen__.html |date=2012-02-19 }} {{in lang|nl}}, a September 2008 article from ''[[De Telegraaf]]''</ref> and ''[[The Inquirer]]'', a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Tech tabloid|technology tabloid]] website.<ref>[http://www.theinquirer.de/2008/09/18/deletionpedia-geloschte-wikipedia-artikel-zum-nachschlagen.html Deletionpedia: Gelöschte Wikipedia-Artikel zum Nachschlagen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919033051/http://www.theinquirer.de/2008/09/18/deletionpedia-geloschte-wikipedia-artikel-zum-nachschlagen.html |date=2008-09-19 }} {{in lang|de}}, an 18 September 2008 article from ''[[The Inquirer]]''.</ref>
:“a lot of good work — verifiable, informative, brain-leapingly strange — is being cast out of [[Wikipedia|this paperless, infinitely expandable accordion folder]] by people who have a narrow notion of what sort of curiosity an online encyclopedia should be able to satisfy.”

The site was more fully explored by ''[[Ars Technica]]''<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080922-deletionpedia-where-entries-too-trivial-for-wikipedia-live-on.html Deletionpedia: where entries too trivial for Wikipedia live on] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016092619/https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080922-deletionpedia-where-entries-too-trivial-for-wikipedia-live-on.html |date=2008-10-16 }} an article from [[Ars Technica]] posted September 22, 2008</ref> in an article that not only described aspects of the website but mentioned the controversy over deleting the Wikipedia article on Deletionpedia.

==Statistics and version 2==
The website was reregistered by a new owner, [[Kasper Souren]], and began operation anew in December 2013.<ref name="Sankin">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/deletionpedia-wikipedia-deleted-articles/|title=Archive of deleted Wikipedia articles reveals site's imperfections|last=Sankin|first=Aaron|date=29 December 2013|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|access-date=25 March 2014|archive-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124022313/http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/deletionpedia-wikipedia-deleted-articles/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of Feb 2022, it had amassed 91,250 content pages, and 117902 pages in total, with 239,847 edits. It had also acquired 4,020 users.<ref name="Statsv2">{{cite web|url=http://deletionpedia.org/en/Special:Statistics|title=Statistics|publisher=Deletionpedia.org|access-date=7 October 2020|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321022351/http://deletionpedia.org/en/Special:Statistics|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The site appears to have stopped functioning in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page |title=Main Page |website=Deletionpedia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202084205/https://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page |archive-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page |title=Main Page |website=Deletionpedia |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230213235303/https://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page |archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

== Similar projects ==

There are similar projects for other Wikipedia languages, for example PlusPedia in German,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://de.pluspedia.org/|title=PlusPedia|website=de.pluspedia.org|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2019-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609200548/http://de.pluspedia.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> PrePedia in Polish,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pl.prepedia.org/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna|title=PrePedia – wolna encyklopedia|website=pl.prepedia.org|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2020-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606011959/http://pl.prepedia.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Wikisage in Dutch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nl.wikisage.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina|title=Wikisage|website=nl.wikisage.org|access-date=2021-02-14|archive-date=2014-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812191151/http://nl.wikisage.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Internet}}
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*[[Criticism of Wikipedia]]
*[[Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia]]
* [[archive.is]]
* [[Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia]]
* ''[[Rejecta Mathematica]]''
* [[Reliability of Wikipedia]]
* [[Wayback Machine]]
* [[WebCite]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Commonscatinline}}
*[http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com Official site]
* {{Official website|http://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page}}
* [https://archive.org/details/wiki-deletionpedia.dbatley.com Deletionpedia dump] by [[WikiTeam]] (may contain errors)


{{Wikipedia}}
{{Wikipediahistory}}


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Deletionpedia
Logo of the original Deletionpedia
Type of site
Archive wiki
Available inDutch, English, French, German, Swedish
URLDeletionpedia.org
CommercialUnknown
RegistrationNone
Launched2008 (v1)
December 24, 2013 (v2)
Current statusInactive

Deletionpedia was an online archive wiki containing articles deleted from the English Wikipedia. Its version of each article included a header with more information about the deletion such as whether a speedy deletion occurred, where the deletion discussion about the article can be found and which editor deleted the article. The original Deletionpedia operated from February to September 2008. The site was restarted under new management in December 2013.[1]

The site was based on MediaWiki.[2][3] It functioned as something of a "wikimorgue";[4] it automatically collected articles deleted from Wikipedia.[4]

In addition to categories preserved from Wikipedia, Deletionpedia had its own categories for articles, based upon the deletion criteria. Pages were organized by the month in which they were deleted, by the number of editors that had worked on a page and by the length of time the article had existed on Wikipedia.[5]

It stated it avoided hosting deleted pages that were copyright violations, pages with serious libel problems, pages whose full revision history was still available on Wikipedia's sister sites, and pages which set out to offend others.[6]

Articles preserved by Deletionpedia were deleted from Wikipedia for a variety of reasons, from "being not notable" to "manipulation by political and business interests".[7] The site did not seek donations; its "Donate" page formerly suggested that supporters donate to mySociety or to the Wikimedia Foundation instead.[8]

Version 1

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The original Deletionpedia collected about 63,000 articles, which were deleted from Wikipedia between February and September 2008. Nearly 2000 of the pages were more than 1000 days old before they were deleted.

Discontinuation

[edit]

The last viewable log the site made of Wikipedia was taken on 14 June 2012 of Anime Festival Wichita.[9]

The original content is still available to view online.[10] In 2011, Jason Scott's Archive Team saved a copy of the website with WikiTeam tools and uploaded the copy to the Internet Archive's collection.[11]

Reception

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The Wall Street Journal cited it as a response to the culture clash that exists on Wikipedia between deletionists and inclusionists.[12] The Industry Standard calls it "a [would-be] fine research project for sociology students to study what groupthink does when applied to a community-built compendium of knowledge".[13] Shortly thereafter, the Industry Standard again turned its attention to Deletionpedia, reporting that deletion of the article in Wikipedia about Deletionpedia was itself under discussion, suggesting that the article was not being considered for deletion based on "insignificance of the site" but rather "due to perceived criticism of Wikipedia itself".[14] Deletionpedia also made news at De Telegraaf, the website for the largest daily morning Dutch language newspaper,[15] and The Inquirer, a British technology tabloid website.[16]

The site was more fully explored by Ars Technica[17] in an article that not only described aspects of the website but mentioned the controversy over deleting the Wikipedia article on Deletionpedia.

Statistics and version 2

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The website was reregistered by a new owner, Kasper Souren, and began operation anew in December 2013.[18] As of Feb 2022, it had amassed 91,250 content pages, and 117902 pages in total, with 239,847 edits. It had also acquired 4,020 users.[19]

The site appears to have stopped functioning in February 2023.[20][21]

Similar projects

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There are similar projects for other Wikipedia languages, for example PlusPedia in German,[22] PrePedia in Polish,[23] and Wikisage in Dutch.[24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Homepage". Deletionpedia.org. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ^ Category:Deletionpedia:Pages by deletion date Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, from the Deletionpedia website
  3. ^ "Deletionpedia statistics". Deletionpedia. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b Schneider, K. G. (September 26, 2007). "Wikipedia's Awkward Adolescence". CIO magazine. International Data Group. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Deleted from Wikipedia - Category:Deletionpedia:Pages on Wikipedia for 1000 or more days - Deletionpedia". deletionpedia.dbatley.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  6. ^ Deletionpedia:Archive Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, from the Deletionpedia website
  7. ^ Henning Steier (19 Sep 2008). "Friedhof der Wikipedia-Artikel". 20 minuten. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  8. ^ Deletionpedia:Donate Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, from the Deletionpedia website
  9. ^ "log.1.txt". Deletionpedia. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Deletionpedia". dbatley.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  11. ^ "Wiki - Deletionpedia : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. ^ Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, by James Gleick. The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2008
  13. ^ Aleo-Carreira, Cyndy (17 September 2008). "Deletionpedia: Where Wikipedia Entries Go to Die". The Industry Standard. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008.
  14. ^ Aleo-Carreira, Cyndy (22 September 2008). "A Catch-22 for Wikipedia: Should the Deletionpedia Entry Be Deleted?". The Industry Standard. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
  15. ^ Rustplaats voor afgedankte Wiki-bijdragen Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch), a September 2008 article from De Telegraaf
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