[DrScientist]

Wikipedia has a page for an Egyptian King that ruled for perhaps only 10 years 5000 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anedjib

Why is that still relevant?

Or to put it another way when does the contemporary move into interesting history?

[EdwardDiego]

When did the Perl Monks run a kingdom?

Apples and oranges.

[smonff]

It’s not a kingdom, but a monestary, and that’s exactly what the WikiPedia article explained.

https://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=3559

[skylurk]

Or more importantly, when did the Perl Monks build a pyramid? Plenty of rulers are long forgotten.

[DrScientist]

A building that wasn't a pyramid, but had simple step sided walls is only significant in retrospect!

ie it only became of historic interest after the fact as people retrospectively thought it might have influenced later more significant buildings.

While I agree a page about Perl Monks isn't likely to be that significant - I was making a general philosophical point.

Eg how do you know that PerlMonks doesn't end up being one of the earliest examples for self-organising elearning - a movement that ends up replacing Universities in the future?

In terms of the details of this page leejo posts are more substantive.

[pwdisswordfishy]

The deletion proposals do not mention "interesting" anywhere.

[TZubiri]

Correct, the cited factor is lack of significant coverage.