i think what we should do is create a two-tier system where projects that are alive are directly in trunk, while other projects are in a subdirectory of trunk. projects can move between these two tiers as needed.
Perhaps a wicket-stuff-incubator?? ideas can be tried out in the incubator module and promoted to a top level if it becomes a "real" project. Now, the definition of what constitutes a "real" project is still up to debate. =)