Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Main

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This page was nominated for deletion on November 16, 2012. The result of the discussion was close, wrong venue (MFD can't delete namespaces).

Why is this here?

Purpose What is the point in having a namespace just for the Education Program and just on this wiki? Isn't Meta or maybe Outreach designed for something like this? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:34, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd assume that it keeps everything on one wiki so newbies don't have to be taught SUL. Why we need a namespace rather than a WP: namespace placement, however, is something I think merits discussion. Courcelles 20:07, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The namespace provides special functionality allowing the Education Program to run smoothly. It is not just a regular "content" namespace (hence why editing is restricted); there is some sort of magic associated with it, apparently. See Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Education Program extension for some background.
- Also, this discussion should be moved elsewhere, as this talk page is orphaned. — This, that, and the other (talk) 06:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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to the top of Education Program:Main, using an edit summary such as "added MfD nomination at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Education Program:Main." Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:21, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: This page does not exist and it is not this particular page that you seek to delete. Therefore I can see no point in creating this page just to add a mfd notice. I'm not sure where an appropriate place would be though. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:36, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]