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I should point out here that I would not include those entities which, whatever their name, are functionally still "subprojects" of a larger project. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney]], despite its name, is for all intents and purposes, at this point, a subproject of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia]]. Such subprojects, should, I believe, be considered to be entirely and solely the "business" of themselves and their parents. Beyond perhaps a few pages in project space for themselves, they don't particularly contribute to banner clutter or divisiveness, and should be recognized as what they apparently are, subordinate organizational entities of the parent project.

==WhatThe to do with the rest of the"ancillary" WikiProjects?==

There is a very real question to be considered here. What should be done with projects when, like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject IROC]], they come to the point where the subject about which they were created is itself no longer active. The same concerns can be had regarding WikiProjects which deal with any number of television programs, music performers, movie series, and other such temporal matters when the primary subject of the project is no longer an active entity.

This question has, to this point, not yet been answered. My best answers, although they are not clearly the best answers, would be that, to a degree, these particular "ancillary" projects, considering that they are, in effect, being created on the basis of their being able to provide either greater focus or more concentrated effort than the larger "topical" etc. projects, should be held to living up to that goal. If they should become inactive or, after a considerable period of time, fail to bring any obvious improvement to the articles they seek to deal with, they can become eligible for deletion.

This question has, to this point, not yet been answered. My bestSome answers, although they aremight not clearlynecessarily be the best answers, would be that, to a degree, these particular "ancillary" projects, considering that they are, in effect, being created on the basis of their being able to provide either greater focus or more concentrated effort than the larger "topical" etc. projects, should be held to living up to that goal. If they should become inactive or, after a considerable period of time, fail to bring any obvious improvement to the articles they seek to deal with, they can become eligible for deletion.

Several of these projects have already been accused of "crufting" wikipedia with content which is, at best, dubiously qualified for inclusion. If it should become apparent that they are consistently contributing content which does not merit inclusion, or are not themselves contributing at all, then there would be no particularly reason for those projects to be kept, and they could be made at least eligible for deletion. Also, considering that they are, in a sense, "redundant" projects, I think it would make sense that their placement of a banner on a talk page is a de facto commitment to improve the attached article. So, if the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject 24]] were to place their banner on the [[Kiefer Sutherland]] page, it would indicate a real commitment from that group to improve and maintain the article according to wikipedia's standards. Should they fail to do so, then that could be seen as being a "strike" against the project, and potentially either the banner or the project itself could be removed if they should fail in this apparent commitment.

Several of these projects have already been accused of "crufting" wikipedia with content which is, at best, dubiously qualified for inclusion. If it should become apparent that theya aregiven project is consistently contributing content which does not merit inclusion, or are not themselves contributing at all, then there would be no particularly reason for those projects to be kept, and they could be made at least eligible for deletion. Also, considering that they are, in a sense, "redundant" projects, I think it would make sense that their placement of a banner on a talk page is a de facto commitment to improve the attached article. So, if the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject 24]] were to place their banner on the [[Kiefer Sutherland]] page, it wouldperhaps indicateshould abe realseen commitmentthat fromthe thatproject groupin question is indicating a real commitment to improve and maintain the article according to wikipedia's standards. Should they fail to do so, then that could be seen as being a "strike" against the project, and potentially either the banner or the project itself could be removed if they should fail in this apparent commitment.

==The Future of Collaboration==