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Discussions prior to 2013

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Deletion discussions

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.

Situations pertaining to specific articles === 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

Debates and proposal discussions, etc.

November 2007

May 2009

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.

Related discussions === 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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Archives

Archive 1

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AfD

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
30 Oct 2025 – Outline of Wikipedia AfDed by ජපස was closed as keep by Mdm.Bla on 30 Oct 2025; discussion
25 Nov 2025 – Index of Azerbaijan-related articles AfDed by Fram was closed as delete by Extraordinary Writ on 10 Dec 2025; discussion
25 Nov 2025 – Index of Mexico-related articles AfDed by Fram was closed as delete by Extraordinary Writ on 10 Dec 2025; discussion
25 Nov 2025 – Index of Mongolia-related articles AfDed by Fram was closed as delete by Extraordinary Writ on 10 Dec 2025; discussion
25 Nov 2025 – Index of Turkmenistan-related articles AfDed by Fram was closed as delete by Extraordinary Writ on 10 Dec 2025; discussion
14 Apr 2026 – Outline of stage illusion AfDed by Piotrus was closed as no consensus by Dafootballguy on 06 May 2026; discussion

RM

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
17 Apr 2025 – Outline of the State of Palestine move request to Outline of Palestine by Easternsahara was moved to Outline of Palestine by Robertsky on 24 Apr 2025; discussion

CfD

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 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

TfD

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

RfC

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

PROD

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
03 May 2025 – List of climate engineering topics PRODed by TERSEYES was deproded by Anonrfjwhuikdzz on 04 May 2025
24 May 2025 – List of climate engineering topics PRODed by TERSEYES was deproded by Schützenpanzer on 24 May 2025

MfD

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

SPL

12 Feb 2019 – Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire proposed for splitting by Dbachmann was closed; discussion
08 Sep 2025 – Outline of the United Nations proposed for splitting by Noordpunt was closed; discussion

RfD

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

MRG

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
02 Oct 2024 – Outline of Kazakh military history proposed for merging to List of wars involving Kazakhstan by Nederlandse Leeuw was closed; discussion
03 Jul 2025 – List of Ireland-related topics proposed for merging to Outline of the Republic of Ireland by Dege31 was closed; discussion
03 Jul 2025 – List of Northern Ireland–related topics proposed for merging to Outline of Northern Ireland by Dege31 was closed; discussion

AFC

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
13 Sep 2024 – Draft:Outline of New South Wales submitted for AfC by Outlined Sandbox was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 14 Sep 2024
13 Jun 2026 – Draft:Outline of Minecraft submitted for AfC by Wikiman2230 was declined by Greenman on 14 Jun 2026

FLC

25 Jul 2023 – Outline of lichens FL nominated by MeegsC was closed; discussion
19 Apr 2024 – Outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe FL nominated by Trailblazer101 was closed; discussion
21 Feb 2025 – Outline of caves FL nominated by Kingsmasher678 was closed; discussion

PR

13 Feb 2025 – Outline of caves put up for PR by Kingsmasher678 was closed; discussion
16 Dec 2024 – Outline of George Washington put up for PR by Atakes Ris was closed; discussion
27 Jun 2025 – Outline of Spain put up for PR by Earth605 was closed; discussion

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Further discussions

May 2018

Wikipedia talk:Outlines#What type of thing is X

June 2019

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

July 2019

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

September 2023

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

October 2025

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 224#Should we delete outlines? — no notices of the discussion were posted to the outlines.
Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 85#Feedback on Outline of science