Hi Thad,

properties can be proposed for deletion and, actually, get deleted.

However, when a property is approved there is usually a reasonable
discussion showing the potential of its application. If it can be applied
to multiple items it does not get approved.

Cheers
Yaroslav

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Thad Guidry <thadgui...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Curious,
>
> I notice the listing of "Properties awaiting widespread use", possibly to
> try to encourage usage, and I applaud that...but if usage never seems to
> happen for whatever reason...
>
> Do unused properties ever get deprecated after a really long time ?  What
> is that criteria to deprecate them ?
>
> If that is known... it would be nice to have that mentioned in a section
> here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Properties
>
> Thanks in advance !
> -Thad
>
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