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If we required all new articles to be created from a red link, there would be very few orphans in the first place. (Doesn't help the existing orphans, but can prevent making the problem worse). Kerry (talk) 10:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Its a slippery slope. If we required all articles to have categories, we'd have less articles needing categories, etc.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 15:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scarily describing "a huge task" in the headline may be off-putting. While there are indeed a lot of such articles, de-orphaning a single article is a small task, and ideally suited to those with small amounts of free time, or those making tentative first contributions. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:43, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can always edit the title if you feel you want to - this is a wiki. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (commune) @ 11:57, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We want people to read these articles too, i would have preferred "Project may be drowned by orphans unless you help now!!" but they didn't ask me. :-) --Milowent • ^hasspoken 15:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to read this report -- didn't even know about this worthy project!--Milowent • ^hasspoken 15:05, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, de-orphaners!

Historic footage of a distinguished de-orphaner accepting congratulations and zooming back to work.

Evidently, there is much, much more activity on this project than is apparent at first glance. In just one category alone, Category:Orphaned articles from February 2009, the month that articles were tagged by a bot, the backlog has been reduced by 90,000 articles !!! It was at 114,437 in 1 March 2009, and today, 26 October 2014, it's down to 24,940.

Congratulations, de-orphaners! -- Djembayz (talk) 21:49, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]