Discussions prior to 2013

For earlier and other discussions, see the archives at:

• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines
• Wikipedia talk:Contents/Outlines
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Contents
• Wikipedia talk:Contents

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Islamic and Muslim related topics (Nov 2005) - delete (4 years before the Outline WikiProject started). Was resurrected in 2009 at Deletion Review, and has since been renamed to Outline of Islam
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic computer science topics (March 2006) - no consensus. Is now Outline of computer science.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic visual arts and design topics (May 2006) - delete. Replaced by List of basic visual arts topics and List of basic design topics.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic industrial topics (Aug 2006) - speedy keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic management topics (Aug 2006) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic Canada topics (March 2008) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic mining topics (Aug 2008) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic outline of algebra (Jan 2009) - keep (also nominated: Topic outline of arithmetic, Topic outline of calculus, Topic outline of geometry, Topic outline of mathematics)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic outline of Big Science (Jan 2009) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of South Africa (May 2009) - speedy keep
• Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of British Columbia (June 2009) - snow keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Palestine (July 2009) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of the South Island (August 2009) - delete. Already fully covered in Outline of New Zealand.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of computer engineering (August 2009) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Texas history (October 2009) - delete. Resulted in the merge of all state history outlines into the corresponding state outlines (see Outline of Louisiana history, below).
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Louisiana history, and all state history outlines (October 2009) - Merge to parent article (Outline of state...). During the merge, each history outline was cleaned-up and expanded. They can be found in the history sections of the state outlines.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (April 2010) - delete. Was mostly redlinks.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of life extension (Mar 2010) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Google (July 2010) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of basketball, when the article was 4 days old and still under construction (October 2010) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Canada (November 2010) - keep all
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Northern Cyprus, and merge into 2 other outlines. (April 2011) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of relationships (June 2011) - withdrawn by nominator per improvements with the following comment: "It's nice to see that every once in a blue moon, people who say 'keep but improve' actually follow through on the 'improve' part."
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Apple Inc. (April 2012) - keep (and withdrawn by nominator).
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of iOS (April 2012) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History and branches of Judaism (May 2012) - redir (merge) into Outline of Judaism.

July 2009

• move - move by Dbachmann of "Outline of Kosovo" to portal space (July 2009)
• move - move by Dbachmann of "Outline of drawing" to portal space (July 2009)
• move - move by Dbachmann of "Outline of Switzerland" to portal space (July 2009)
• Talk:Outline of sharks#Merge request Outline of sharks with Shark (July 2009)
• Talk:Outline (list)#Objection to the move and to the merge (July 2009) - moved by Dbachmann
• Talk:Outline of the creation–evolution controversy#Move to Outline (July 2009) - about naming
• move - move by Dbachmann of "Wikipedia:Why do we have outlines in addition to...?" to user space
• move - move by Dbachmann of "Wikipedia:Comparison of Wikipedia's and Britannica's outlines of knowledge" to user space
• move - move by Dbachmann of "Wikipedia:Why do we have outlines in addition to...?" to user space

November 2007

• Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 14#Index lists (Nov 2007)
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines/Archive 1#Overlap with portals and other concerns (Nov 2007)

January 2008

• Wikipedia:Move navigational lists to portal namespace - failed proposal (Jan–Mar 2008)

June 2008

• Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 28#Major rename proposal of certain "lists" to "outlines" (June 2008)

March 2009

• User talk:The Transhumanist/Archive 21#Question copied from Juliancolton's page - Why not develop portals instead, Roux

May 2009

• Talk:Switzerland/Archive 7#Orphaned article: Outline of Switzerland - Dbachmann
• Outline of science converted to redirect by Dbachmann
• Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 64#"Outlines" - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive193#Shadow Wikipedia - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 47#OoK's expediency - Brandmeister
• Wikipedia talk:Contents/Outlines/Archive 4#namespace discipline - Dbachmann

July 2009

• User talk:The Transhumanist/Archive 23#URGENT: User:Dbachmann - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive551#"Outlines" - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines/Archive 3#Please consider this: you might be wrong - Abductive
• Category:Outlines - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 1#move this out of main namespace please - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:Stand-alone lists/Archive 2#sneak addition of various other "types of lists" - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:Stand-alone lists/Archive 2#Outlines and indexes have been included since the beginning; and a proposal - Answer to Dbachman, The Transhumanist
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive551#Dbachmann: Underhanded tactics and false accusations - The Transhumanist (includes an excellent summary of outline issues by Quiddity).
• Wikipedia talk:Why do we have outlines in addition to...?#I'm still not seeing it... - Namespace debate, J Milburn
• Outlines - Rant against them being in article space, Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines/Archive 3#Ultimate project goals - Minnecologies
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines/Archive 3#Utility of outlines to wikiprojects - Tiamut
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Outlines/Archive 3#Hatnotes to outlines - DionysosProteus
• User talk:The Transhumanist/Archive 23#User essays - Dbachmann
• Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid/Archive 4#Local bias - concerning reverts by Nubiatech

October 2009

• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 2#Failed? - proposal to mark the Outline instructions as "Failed".
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 2#It's not a proposal, but an essay - retagged the page as an essay.
• Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 68#Another "OOKers" vs "listers" skirmish
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics/Archive/2009/Oct#List of X topics vs Outline of X
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics/Archive/2009/Oct#Outlines in general and List of logic topics
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Louisiana history - nomination to delete a large group of outlines (Mass deletion proposal)
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics/Archive/2009/Oct#The status and potential of outlines
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 3#Discussing issues - Outline naming/renaming controversy, etc.
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 3#Should articles named "Outline of x" be renamed to "List of x topics"? - straw poll.
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 3#Ownership and expert input - should outlines be developed by experts only? And namespace debate. RDBury
• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 3#My 0.02 - should outlines be developed by experts only? Unionhawk

• User talk:Karanacs/Outline RfC draft - discussion of a potential RfC, which was a de facto deletion proposal by raising the issue of whether or not outlines should exist. The proposer, declined to submit the RfC, and had the actual draft deleted.

February 2010

• Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 4#Failed - user marked the essay as failed, as if it was a proposal.

September 2010

• Wikipedia talk:Contents/Archive 6#Proposal to restore Outlines entry and keep "Outlines" on this portal's menu templates

December 2010

• Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Contents/Outlines – attempt to delete the list of outlines. Nominator mistook outlines to be similar to the concept in the rejected root articles proposal.

September 2011

• Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 78#RfC: Elimination of outline articles – proposal to rename outlines which turned into a deletion debate. Overwhelming support for outlines, and some useful feedback.

• • Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 78#Alternative Outline Articles Proposal

October 2011

Wikipedia talk:Outlines/Archive 4#Merged guideline draft into the existing essay - Response to Monty845's Alternative Outline Articles guideline Proposal.

December 2011

• User talk:SMcCandlish/Archive 62#The topics lists mess – explanation of where the titles "Outline of" and "Index of" came from.

January 2012

• User talk:Qwyrxian/Archive 26#General topics lists and the naming schism – another explanation of where the titles "Outline of" and "Index of" came from.

Article alerts log, started 2011

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• 17 Apr 2011 – Outline of Northern Cyprus AfDed by Nipsonanomhmata was closed as keep by Postdlf on 24 Apr 2011; see discussion
• 24 Jun 2011 – Outline of relationships AfDed by TenPoundHammer was withdrawn by TenPoundHammer on 29 Jun 2011; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2012 – Outline of Apple Inc. AfDed by Jimthing was closed as keep by Joe Decker on 19 Apr 2012; discussion
• 12 Apr 2012 – Outline of iOS AfDed by Jimthing was closed as keep by TerriersFan on 20 Apr 2012; discussion
• 12 May 2013 – Outline of cuisines AfDed by The Potato Hose was closed as keep by Steven Zhang on 20 May 2013; discussion
• 16 Sep 2016 – Outline of the Dominican Republic AfDed by Anmccaff was closed as keep by Lourdes on 24 Sep 2016; discussion
• 30 Oct 2016 – Outline of cricket AfDed by BlackJack was closed as delete by Sandstein on 07 Nov 2016; discussion
• 13 Feb 2017 – Outline of the Bible AfDed by DrStrauss was closed as keep by Northamerica1000 on 27 Feb 2017; discussion
• 12 Mar 2018 – Outline of self AfDed by Sandstein was closed as no consensus by Sandstein on 27 Mar 2018; discussion
• 26 Oct 2018 – Outline of performing arts AfDed by Robynthehode was closed as keep by Szzuk on 02 Nov 2018; discussion
• 07 Mar 2019 – Outline of nutrition AfDed by Legacypac was closed as merge by Ad Orientem on 15 Mar 2019; discussion
• 08 Mar 2019 – Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia AfDed by Pythoncoder was closed as redirect by King of Hearts on 16 Mar 2019; discussion
• 12 Apr 2019 – Outline of natural language processing AfDed by Robert McClenon was closed as delete by Randykitty on 20 Apr 2019; discussion
• 11 Apr 2019 – Outline of Jammu and Kashmir AfDed by Winged Blades of Godric was closed as no consensus by Randykitty on 03 May 2019; discussion
• 25 Apr 2019 – Outline of Florence AfDed by Legacypac was closed as delete by Jo-Jo Eumerus on 09 May 2019; discussion
• 14 Sep 2019 – Outline of Right-wing populism AfDed by Beyond My Ken was closed as delete by Jo-Jo Eumerus on 21 Sep 2019; discussion
• 08 Jan 2020 – Outline of Middle-earth AfDed by Hog Farm was closed as keep by RL0919 on 15 Jan 2020; discussion
• 13 Feb 2020 – Outline of futures studies AfDed by JzG was closed as keep by QEDK on 21 Feb 2020; discussion
• 23 Mar 2020 – Outline of Big Science AfDed by LaundryPizza03 was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos on 31 Mar 2020; discussion
• 21 Apr 2020 – Outline of brain mapping AfDed by Tom (LT) was closed as no consensus by Pax:Vobiscum on 13 May 2020; discussion
• 01 Mar 2021 – Education in China (disambiguation) AfDed by Shhhnotsoloud was closed as keep by Premeditated Chaos on 24 Mar 2021; discussion
• 06 Sep 2021 – List of international common standards AfDed by Ike9898 was closed as keep by Randykitty on 02 Oct 2021; discussion
• 17 Oct 2021 – Outline of transhumanism AfDed by 0bvious was closed as redirect by Randykitty on 14 Nov 2021; discussion
• 07 Dec 2021 – Outline of chocolate AfDed by Joseph2302 was closed as keep by Extraordinary Writ on 14 Dec 2021; discussion
• 08 Dec 2021 – Outline of Basshunter AfDed by EditorInTheRye was closed as delete by Explicit on 15 Dec 2021; discussion
• 06 Feb 2022 – Outline of Roget's Thesaurus AfDed by Rublov was closed as delete by Sandstein on 13 Feb 2022; discussion
• 10 Apr 2022 – Outline of tennis AfDed by Letcord was closed as keep by DMySon on 17 Apr 2022; discussion
• 06 Jun 2022 – Islamic heritage AfDed by North8000 was closed as delete by Liz on 13 Jun 2022; discussion
• 11 Dec 2022 – Outline of animal-powered transport AfDed by TNstingray was closed as merge by Liz on 01 Jan 2023; discussion
• 23 Jan 2023 – Outline of ancient China AfDed by Mucube was closed as keep by Extraordinary Writ on 30 Jan 2023; discussion
• 26 Jan 2023 – Outline of the Republic of the Congo AfDed by JMWt was closed as keep by Daniel on 09 Feb 2023; discussion
• 20 Apr 2023 – Outline of consulting AfDed by Oaktree b was closed as keep by Liz on 27 Apr 2023; discussion
• 13 May 2023 – Outline of formal science AfDed by Carchasm was closed as delete by Arbitrarily0 on 22 May 2023; discussion
• 19 Feb 2024 – Index of underwater divers AfDed by Joseph2302 was closed as keep by Liz on 02 Mar 2024; discussion
• 20 Mar 2024 – Outline of the Book of Mormon AfDed by Big Money Threepwood was closed as keep by Coookiemonster on 27 Mar 2024; discussion

• 19 Aug 2011 – List of parapsychology topics move request by H3llkn0wz was closed; discussion
• 07 Oct 2011 – Outline of physical science move request by Cambalachero was closed; discussion
• 26 Jul 2014 – Outline of biophysics move request to Biophysical techniques by Kkmurray was closed; discussion
• 07 May 2015 – Outline of the Palestinian territories move request to Outline of the State of Palestine by Greyshark09 was closed; discussion
• 12 Mar 2017 – Outline of Bible-related topics move request by The Transhumanist was closed; discussion
• 26 Nov 2018 – Outline of Vatican City move request by Chicbyaccident was closed; discussion
• 15 Aug 2019 – Outline of heresies in the Catholic Church move request to Outline of heresy in the Catholic Church by PPEMES was moved to Outline of heresy in the Catholic Church by Cwmhiraeth on 24 Aug 2019; discussion
• 12 Jul 2020 – Outline of the visual arts move request to Outline of art by Interstellarity was no consensus; discussion
• 21 Mar 2022 – List of linear algebra topics move request to Outline of linear algebra by Felix QW was moved to Outline of linear algebra by Favonian on 04 Apr 2022; discussion
• 28 Jun 2022 – Outline of library science move request to Outline of library and information science by Jamzze was closed to Outline of library and information science; discussion
• 16 Jun 2023 – Outline of Washington (state) infrastructure move request to Outline of Washington infrastructure by Mdewman6 was closed; discussion
• 10 Apr 2024 – Outline of the Yemeni crisis, revolution, and civil war (2011–present) move request by Dicklyon was moved by Robertsky on 18 Apr 2024; discussion

• 04 Sep 2011 – Category:Incomplete outlines CfDed by Arthur Rubin was closed; discussion
• 22 Jun 2016 – Category:Outlines CfDed by SMcCandlish was closed; discussion
• 22 Jun 2016 – Category:Outlines CfDed by SMcCandlish was closed; discussion
• 22 Sep 2020 – Category:Outlines of human activities CfDed by Andrybak was closed; discussion
• 10 Oct 2023 – Category:Wikipedia outlines CfDed by Fram was closed; discussion

• 12 Sep 2012 – Template:US state and territory outlines TfDed by JohnBlackburne was closed; discussion
• 08 Jan 2013 – Template:Topical guide TfDed by Frietjes was closed; discussion
• 02 Nov 2021 – Template:Outline city TfDed by WikiCleanerMan was closed; discussion
• 02 Nov 2021 – Template:Outline country TfDed by WikiCleanerMan was closed; discussion
• 02 Nov 2021 – Template:Outline generator TfDed by WikiCleanerMan was closed; discussion
• 28 Jun 2022 – Template:For outline TfDed by Moxy was closed; discussion
• 11 May 2023 – Template:Outline of knowledge coverage TfDed by Aza24 was closed; discussion

• 09 Dec 2014 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines RfC by Fgnievinski was closed; discussion

• 12 May 2015 – Outline of geoengineering PRODed by Aszilagyi was deleted
• 14 Jun 2017 – Outline of robotics PRODed by Blueclaw was deproded by Christian75 on 17 Jun 2017
• 19 Jul 2018 – Outline of sustainable agriculture PRODed by Kingofaces43 was deproded by The Transhumanist on 23 Jul 2018
• 06 Mar 2019 – Outline of nutrition PRODed by Legacypac was deproded by Arms & Hearts on 07 Mar 2019
• 19 Jan 2020 – Outline of engineering PRODed by NeedsGlasses was deproded by Hog Farm on 19 Jan 2020
• 23 Sep 2021 – Outline of transhumanism PRODed by 82.39.101.142 and endorsed by Phil Bridger on 23 Sep 2021 was deproded by Liz on 29 Sep 2021

• 28 May 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of conservatism MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed by Xaosflux on 25 Jun 2016; discussion
• 16 Jun 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of accounting law MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed (deleted) by Xaosflux on 25 Jun 2016; discussion
• 23 Jun 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of the LGBT community MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed by Xaosflux on 04 Jul 2016; discussion
• 25 Jun 2016 – Draft:Historical outline of France MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed (deleted) by JohnCD on 03 Jul 2016; discussion
• 26 Jun 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of fire safety MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed by JohnCD on 03 Jul 2016; discussion
• 23 Jun 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of civil law MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed (deleted) by Xaosflux on 10 Jul 2016; discussion
• 27 Jun 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of forest hydrology MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed by Xaosflux on 05 Jul 2016; discussion
• 05 Jul 2016 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of teaching MfDed by Ricky81682 was closed (deleted) by Xaosflux on 06 Jul 2016; discussion
• 02 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of conservatism MfDed by UnitedStatesian was closed (deleted) by Premeditated Chaos on 21 Mar 2019; discussion
• 06 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of Linus Pauling MfDed by Legacypac was closed (deleted) by Premeditated Chaos on 21 Mar 2019; discussion
• 21 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of forest hydrology MfDed by Fram was closed (deleted) by Xaosflux on 29 Mar 2019; discussion
• 21 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of family and consumer science MfDed by Fram was closed (deleted) by Xaosflux on 29 Mar 2019; discussion
• 22 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of drink MfDed by Fram was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos on 30 Mar 2019; discussion
• 22 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of food MfDed by Legacypac was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos on 30 Mar 2019; discussion
• 24 Mar 2019 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of recreation MfDed by Legacypac was closed by Premeditated Chaos on 02 Apr 2019; discussion
• 11 Apr 2019 – Draft:Outline of JavaScript MfDed by Legacypac was closed as keep by RL0919 on 03 May 2019; discussion

• 12 Feb 2019 – Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire proposed for splitting by Dbachmann was closed; discussion

• 15 Jun 2020 – Outline of art →Outline of the visual arts RfDed by Interstellarity was closed; discussion
• 23 Feb 2023 – Outline of heresy in the Catholic Church →List of heresies in the Catholic Church RfDed by Veverve was closed; discussion

• 15 Aug 2019 – Outline of heresy in the Catholic Church proposed for merging to List of heresies in the Catholic Church by PPEMES was closed; discussion
• 15 Aug 2019 – Outline of heresy in the Catholic Church proposed for merging to List of heresies in the Catholic Church by PPEMES was closed; discussion
• 25 Dec 2020 – Outline of Singapore (initially List of Singapore-related topics) proposed for merging to List of Singapore-related topics by Robertsky was closed; discussion
• 25 Dec 2020 – Outline of Singapore (initially List of Singapore-related topics) proposed for merging to List of Singapore-related topics by Robertsky was closed; discussion

• 01 Aug 2023 – Draft:Outline of the Iraq War submitted for AfC by XTheBedrockX was accepted to Outline of the Iraq War by Bkissin on 22 Oct 2023

• 25 Jul 2023 – Outline of lichens FL nominated by MeegsC was closed; discussion

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• Wikipedia talk:Outlines#Do outlines absolutely need to have references

• Wikipedia talk:Outlines#At what size should statement-lacking-outlines be converted into templates?

• Wikipedia talk:Outlines#Deprecation of outlines? — Uh, no.