Category talk:Dead Mods

I really don't want the mod lists (hl1, hl2, sp, mp, alpha, beta, released) to be filled with dead mods, so how about at least delinking the dead mods from these categories, perhaps even delete after a while? --Pizzahut 05:39, 5 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Dead mods that haven't had a public release should be removed from their other categories so that they are only in Category:Dead Mods. Mods that have had a public release should be left in their other categories, since users might still want to learn about them, download them and play them. Arguably, mods that have had public releases shouldn't be put in Dead Mods at all, whatever their ongoing development status. --Giles 06:16, 5 Oct 2006 (PDT)

I didn't even know there was a dead mods category. My question is what about moving entries that haven't officially been declared "dead"? There are quite a few entries on the Mods page that are nothing more then a few basic ideas and some of theses pages haven't been updated in a good while. Most of these will never be updated and there will also not likely be any official declaration from a member of the mod team that the mod has been canceled. What would be a good timetable for moving them from the mods category to the dead mods category? I'm thinking a year with no updates at a maximum for removal, but I'm thinking 6 months might be better as it would encourage mod teams to keep there project pages up-to date. Also, possibly add a "See also" section to the mods category page that linked to the dead mods page for those wondering where mod pages went, or wanted to know why a mod was moved.--brandished 09:33, 23 Jul 2008 (PDT)