Highly oppose Deleting such a good fixture to Wikipedia would disappoint those who used to frequent the portals. In fact, this year alone, I've had more portal edits than anything else. Call me when you get the chance 15:17, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose - better to work at improving them then just deleting them. Let each wiki-project that the portal(s) fall under take responsibility for them, or at the very least, archive them as "inactive". - theWOLFchild 18:21, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose - Reform may be due (which I would be happy to discuss later if this discussion shifts and does not pass), but I do not think abolition is the way to go. — Godsy (User_talk:GodsyCONT) 18:43, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose for Contents, Featured Content, and Current Events; Neutral for everything elseUser talk:pythoncoder | contribs) 16:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose For one, getting rid of the portal system does not guarantee that those who spend most of their energy working on them inevitably will move their focus somewhere else. It's very possible that it causes some sort of push-back, for lack of a better term, amongst the very active editors of those portals, which I personally think isn't worth the hassle. Secondly, I do think they could use some sort of overhaul, but what that would be, I can't say. Other posters have already covered most of the reasons I'm opposed to this move, so you can look to those to understand my thoughts more completely. In the case where this discussion does lead to the ending of the portal system, I think two things need to happen.
Oppose for several reasons.
Oppose in favor of technical overhaul(talk) 19:47, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose in favor of technical overhaul. Specifically, I would like to see a portal system with:
Oppose mass deletion. Instead, extend PROD to portals.User talk:Antony-22⁄contribs) 01:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose Most of the Wikipedia hasn't been well maintained. I don't see how mass deletion of content benefits the project. Hawkeye7(discuss) 21:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose per MuzikAnimal. Let the WikiProjects who scope the portal falls under decide what to do with each portal. That way, the useful ones can be kept and if needed, moved, while other ones in need of improvement can either be worked on by members of that project or deleted. Seems like a common sense solution to me. - theWOLFchild 05:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose Portals need fixing, not deleting. They are (or should be) a crucial navigation tool for the encyclopaedia. That's not to say they're not without problems - maintaining them can be time consuming and, as has been pointed out, is often not done. I think the reason for that is the work is actually quite monotonous and repetitive - the kind of stuff that could and should be automated. I've made some inroads in that direction - for example, Portal:South East England is fully automated, pulling articles from its subportals. So, what are these maintenance tasks and how could they be automated?
Oppose straight deletion, support reformUser talk:WatcherZero) 00:01, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
Oppose The Current Events portal is in a convenient location, and is where I find most of my news for the day. User:Cyberpunk 93 13:20, 17 April, 2018 (MST)
Oppose. If what is proposed would remove and not replace the functionality of non-commentary news sources as is demonstrated in the Current Events Portal, then I oppose. I donate yearly due in part to this simplified and "reduced bias" approach to world events. It is my first source for daily news and I refer many people to it. I sincerely hope the concept of Current Events is not lost, regardless of technology change.
Oppose. Keep portals, and upgrade them – The initial design concept for portals was that they would each be a main page for a subject. The reality has been that most of them have become a snap shot (one day's version) of a main page for their respective subjects. Imagine if Wikipedia's main page never changed its content. That portals never became what they were envisioned to be is the crux of the matter here.
Strong Oppose You are killing all of the bad ones. It's like finding few rotten eggs, and throwing the whole box out, even though 4 of the eggs are bad in 12. Yes, there are the bad ones, but killing all of the portals will ruin people's hard work. Delete the one's that are useless and keep the major ones like Portal:Current Events. Alot of people like me like the news, and I don't want it do be deleted, as it's a great information source. I support the deletion of small and useless portals like things about King Arthur, but keep the main ones.AbhiramKapaganty (AbhiramKapaganty) 1:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Strong oppose. They are an incredibly useful and varied tool; I agree with the comments above. —Nightstallion 07:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
Strong Oppose: From the very beginning of Wikipedia days I found Portals to be useful for exploring a broad topic and considered them one of the more exciting part of Wikipedia. Here are the reasons why I feel portals should be kept:
