Post by icequeen on Aug 8, 2014 2:20:57 GMT
I just randomly found a page on Wikipedia for one of my colleagues (an engineering academic) and noticed it had been labelled as an orphan. This was 18 months ago, so it obviously hasn't been deleted, but possibly puts it at higher risk of deletion and also makes it harder to find:
"Orphaned articles, since they have no links to them from other pages, are difficult to find, and are most likely to be found only by searching, or by chance. Because of this, few people know they exist, and therefore, they receive less readership and improvement from those who would be able to improve them." Wikipedia
This is something to keep in mind; I've already ensured that my Wikibomb scientist is linked to from another page (she won an award). Three incoming links are recommended; I believe lists and categories count (for example, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_women_scientists, categories under en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_scientists, lists of faculty/alumnus for universities).
"Orphaned articles, since they have no links to them from other pages, are difficult to find, and are most likely to be found only by searching, or by chance. Because of this, few people know they exist, and therefore, they receive less readership and improvement from those who would be able to improve them." Wikipedia
This is something to keep in mind; I've already ensured that my Wikibomb scientist is linked to from another page (she won an award). Three incoming links are recommended; I believe lists and categories count (for example, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_women_scientists, categories under en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_scientists, lists of faculty/alumnus for universities).
