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IRC
[edit]Just as a heads up, I've created a new IRC chat room to facilitate discussion among volunteers who are active in the requested article process. You can join it at #wikipedia-en-ra connect. ~ Matthewrbowker Drop me a note 05:17, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Revival, pt. 2
[edit]@Zippybonzo @Tails Wx @Vaticidalprophet (feel free to ping others who might be interested) - I think we can all agree that requested articles is a mess, especially regarding self-promo requests (biographies, companies/organizations, etc.). The chance that something here is created is close to zero. I've also noticed people actively discouraging newbies from trying to use RA for ideas, due to the large amount of non-notable requests.
A serious discussion ought to be had eventually about either shutting down/restarting the project (or parts of it) and sending everyone to AfC, or some kind of drive to encourage people to help out (which would involve the removal of non-notable requests in addition to article creation). Also, as mentioned in one of the archives, possibly a semi-automated way/template for new requesters to keep requests better formatted and/or perhaps indef pending changes protection.
Uh, yeah, this might be a stupid idea, might end up causing some changes, who knows? But I'd like to talk :). Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 18:05, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
- I replied at Wikipedia talk:Requested articles#We need reform. Perhaps we should centralize discussion there. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:37, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
- Agreed, with apologies :). GoldRomean (talk) 18:55, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § Doing something about WP:RA. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:51, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Ancient West Eurasians
[edit]There is an article on ancient West Eurasians, why isn't there one on ancient West Eurasians. Also, there should be in on levantine neolithic farmers just like there is one on anatolian neolithic farmers 2600:8800:8025:FC00:91B5:3E1D:F8A0:96F1 (talk) 10:18, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
Discussion notice
[edit] There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) regarding replacing the requested articles system. The thread is Replacing "Requested articles"?. MediaKyle (talk) 13:05, 16 November 2025 (UTC)