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Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where Wikipedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces which aren't covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for seven days; then they are either deleted by an administrator or kept, based on community consensus as evident from the discussion, consistent with policy, and with careful judgment of the rough consensus if required.
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- Pages currently being considered for deletion are indexed by the day on which they were first listed. Please place new listings at the top of the section for the current day. If no section for the current day is present, please start a new section.
February 20, 2022[edit]
Draft:Pathan (film)[edit]
- Draft:Pathan (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
It is a rejected draft which won't be accepted anymore. Also the mainspace article about the same topic has been deleted after an discussion. Shinnosuke15, 10:49, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to the article. The content of this draft seems to be copied entirely without attribution to create the mainspace article. So this should be a redirect to preserve page history with attribution on the talk page. -- Ab207 (talk) 11:41, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't know that the article is restored and isn't CSDed as per deletion review.Shinnosuke15, 12:28, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to Pathan (film) as per Ab207. Shinnosuke15, 12:38, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
February 19, 2022[edit]
User:Max808/Liz Sloan[edit]
- User:Max808/Liz Sloan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
- User:Max808/Dave Schwep (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
WP:STALEDRAFT of an article previously deleted in 2011. Wouldn't survive given that only source is a personal blog Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:04, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Is it a copy of the article that was deleted? If so, delete, otherwise keep because STALEDRAFT isn't met. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 03:16, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Rhododendrites: Dave Schwep has an article, of which this seems to be a copy. Liz Sloan had an article but it was deleted some time ago. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 04:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- What does "seems to be" mean? Whether it's a copy is the basis for my !vote. Barring unusual circumstances, users are allowed to create drafts of topics which have previously been deleted -- just not copies of the articles. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:22, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:Comparison of number bases[edit]
- Draft:Comparison of number bases (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
This draft is a WP:REDUNDANTFORK of both Radix#In numeral systems and List of numeral systems#Standard positional numeral systems. Moreover, the small part of the draft that is not in the articles seems WP:OR.
Therefore, even with major improvements, there is no chance that this draft becomes eventually an article in the main space. So, it is better to apply immediately the WP:Snowball clause, and delete it immediately. D.Lazard (talk) 20:39, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I was the one who originally PRODDED the article. At first, it read like an essay, and had original research problems. The original title was Best number base. I suggested the move to Draft:Comparison of number bases and created the template for the current form of the draft. I can see how the WP:OR concerns still stand, as much of the content still has a similar style to the old article, but the redundancy I didn't foresee when the article was moved. The problem is that there are not enough reliable sources explicitly comparing the number bases, so it's hard to create a comparison article on this topic. I think this draft could still be salvageable, but it would take a lot of work to fix. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3162:853D:E27:61C2 (talk) 21:00, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I was the one who added {{prod2}} to the originall form of the article, under WP:NOTESSAY. I agree with nom per my comments at the talkpage. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 22:30, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- I'm probably biased, but I do agree that the draft should be salvageable. Username142857 (talk) 00:45, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete and transwiki to Fandom Based on other arguments over here, I think it would be better if this page was deleted. However, it might find a better home at a Fandom wiki. Fandom wikis have different standards for inclusion, so the article could find a home there. I suggested to the user who created this page that they transwiki it to Googology Wiki, and User:Skarmory suggested it should be transwikied to Wikiversity. Based on the discussion on the talk page, the best thing to do would be to delete the page and transwiki it, most likely to Fandom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3162:853D:E27:61C2 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: I saw Wikiversity's wikiversity:Help:Essay page; does this cover the original idea of this draft? Skarmory (talk • contribs) 01:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete I saw this mentioned over at WT:MATH, checked it out, and concluded that it was a WP:NOR-violating essay attempt that, even if completely overhauled, would be redundant with radix. I know there can be a sentiment against deleting drafts at MfD rather than letting them expire, but when a draft is never going to be an article, it's better to get the matter over with. XOR'easter (talk) 21:25, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Well, you could argue that radix is redundant with mathematics. But if 'redundant with radix' is the problem, can the article be incorporated with radix? Username142857 (talk) 00:48, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- No, radix is not redundant with mathematics by any stretch of the imagination. And as I said, the problem is not just that it is currently redundant, but that it would be redundant even if all its other problems were fixed. The content is opinionated soapboxing, which is not suitable for an encyclopedia. XOR'easter (talk) 19:46, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Well, you could argue that radix is redundant with mathematics. But if 'redundant with radix' is the problem, can the article be incorporated with radix? Username142857 (talk) 00:48, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. PatrickR2 (talk) 00:05, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment. The author of the draft edits it actively (at least 18 edits today). It seems that this is for making it deliberately less encyclopedic, for example by using systematically base 6 instead of the common decimal base:
It also uses senary everywhere except the table of contents
. D.Lazard (talk) 11:44, 20 February 2022 (UTC)- Come on! This is why base 6 should be preferred over base 10. Please stop! Username142857 (talk) 11:51, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. The primary editor apparently has a good motive --- helping readers understand why someone might choose one base over another. But the article is written like an opinion piece. Crucially, it does not proceed from reliable sources. It is written in an informal, non-encyclopedic style. That can be fixed later, but it would take some work. My recommendation is that the primary editor spend a while improving the related Wikipedia articles (Radix, List of numeral systems, etc.), learn what the common practices are, and then decide whether another article is warranted. Mgnbar (talk) 14:15, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think it's warranted as the other articles, despite claims, don't quite fit with the scope of what I'm trying to do. Username142857 (talk) 14:34, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Original research/opinion piece with no hope of being accepted. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:04, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see you've been going at me for a while now. Is that the real reason, or is it because I written the article? Username142857 (talk) 16:14, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- I suggest you don't cast aspersions at other editors. As it stands, your draft article is headed for deletion. The reasons have been stated over and over again. Nobody has a vendetta against you. User:Username142857, I'd suggest you back down and try to understand what the experienced editors around here are saying to you. If you don't do this, you may end up being blocked indefinitely for not getting the point. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3942:60E9:D569:2E31 (talk) 19:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Joke Username3021213 (Username142857 converted to senary) has converted the page to senary. GeoffreyT13132 (GeoffreyT2000 converted to senary) (talk) 34:044, 32 February 13210 (22:28, 20 February 2022 converted to senary) (UTC)
Anyway,
- Delete Unlikely to become notable with a fully-fledged article. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 22:42, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Did you mean fledged? :) 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3942:60E9:D569:2E31 (talk) 00:29, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- I haved fixed the typo. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:11, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- Did you mean fledged? :) 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3942:60E9:D569:2E31 (talk) 00:29, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment The article creator has been indefinitely blocked by Bbb23 for not being here to build an encyclopedia. XOR'easter (talk) 01:35, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Category talk:AfC submissions by date/17 January 2021[edit]
- Category talk:AfC submissions by date/17 January 2021 (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
This category talk page is useless because it is like a draft article Vitaium (talk) 03:07, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. It is a copy of a declined AFC submission. Neocorelight (Talk) 06:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Keep and Hat - Entering a declined draft on a category talk page was a blunder, but that doesn't require deleting the page (even if the page did not previously exist). Stupid stuff on talk pages should be collapsed, or in extreme cases redacted. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:12, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I have hatted the relevant section. It might be helpful to replace the current content with a talk page header, as this is still a valid talk page. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:3162:853D:E27:61C2 (talk) 21:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. This is the talk page of a dated maintenance category - there is no legitimate need to have any discussions at all on the talk page. Once all the submissions in the category have been processed the category is simply deleted. If kept this should be blanked rather than hatted as it is currently polluting the AFC categories. This could arguably have been WP:G6'd as a duplicate page created in the wrong namespace. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 13:31, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
February 18, 2022[edit]
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:2A00:23C4:139C:DB01:ACA5:9B2E:BB41:36B4/Sample page |
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The result of the discussion was: Speedy deleted. (non-admin closure) (non-admin closure) 94rain Talk 22:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC) User:2A00:23C4:139C:DB01:ACA5:9B2E:BB41:36B4/Sample page[edit]
userspace subpage of an IP address, nonsense 94rain Talk 22:30, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Template:DaftPunkTeachersLyric1[edit]
- Template:DaftPunkTeachersLyric1 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
- Template:DaftPunkAlbumRAMFavorite (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Template:DaftPunkAlbumHOMEWORKFavorite (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Series of userboxes made by now-blocked editor that are unused except on userbox directories. Suggest userfying as userboxes "in Template: or Wikipedia: namespaces [are] expected to adhere more tightly with certain policies and guidelines, especially Neutral point of view and What Wikipedia is not" (WP:UBXNS) and WP:NOTFORUM - these have nothing to do with building an encyclopedia. (Also, they do not start with "User" as templatespace userboxes are supposed to.) eviolite (talk) 19:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Move to user:UBX not remotely offensive or disruptive even if it’s in the wrong namespace and created by a blocked user. Going through and deleting everything they ever did to unperson them is gratuitous WP:RAGPICKING. Dronebogus (talk) 09:20, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - unused and unlikely to be used userbox by a socking editor. Whpq (talk) 19:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. A great amount of these are left forever unused. These specifically were created by a blocked user, so they won't be using them and serve no real collaboration effort. Gonnym (talk) 20:06, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
User:TwentyTwoAug/fishyuserboxhehelol[edit]
- User:TwentyTwoAug/fishyuserboxhehelol (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Zero color contrast, rickroll boxes surely already exist Dronebogus (talk) 16:12, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete preferably ASAP, as the creator has since been blocked for socking (note "since": G5 is not officially an option) so the spirit of WP:DENY should apply. SN54129 16:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
User:UBX/Sussybakauserbox[edit]
- User:UBX/Sussybakauserbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Zero text-to-background contrast, Missing image (due to copyright violation) and generally a stupid meme nobody above the age of 12 finds funny. Dronebogus (talk) 16:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete, per nom, though I personally know some 13- and 14-year-olds who think it's hilarious. Also worth noting that this was created by a now-blocked sockpuppet. Firefangledfeathers 16:12, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Template:User DanTDM fan[edit]
- Template:User DanTDM fan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Unused. Created by a a now blocked user who littered Wikipedia with ill thought out templates and other crap. Whpq (talk) 15:22, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep and userfy totally harmless, the userbox is not guilty of the sins of the creator. Dronebogus (talk) 15:49, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Userfy - no reason to stay in templatespace per WP:NOTFORUM eviolite (talk) 19:40, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. Unused, created by a blocked editor and has no real collaboration value. Gonnym (talk) 20:08, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep and Userfy as a harmless userbox that isn't useless or misleading. ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 21:58, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Template:User YouTube channel[edit]
- Template:User YouTube channel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
- Template:YouTubeChannel/Put name here (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Unused and inferior to {{User YouTube}}. Created by a a now blocked user who littered Wikipedia with ill thought out templates and other crap. Whpq (talk) 15:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Dronebogus (talk) 11:00, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Dalton shaw, the 30th president of the usa |
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The result of the discussion was: Speedy deleted (G3) by Anthony Bradbury (non-admin closure) — csc-1 16:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:Dalton shaw, the 30th president of the usa[edit]
This draft seems to be a hoax because the content tells Dalton Shaw is the 30th president of USA, the actual 30th president of USA is Calvin Coolidge. Vitaium (talk) 13:36, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:ASCII Art |
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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete per author request. ✗plicit 12:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Talk:ASCII Art[edit]
Incorrectly placed article template on redirect page's talk page C933103 (talk) 11:40, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Draft:Adil Teli[edit]
- Draft:Adil Teli (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
not reliable source and written like advertisement AlexandruAAlu (talk) 10:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. Nowhere near the level of terribleness that would be required for deletion as a draft. It needs a lot of clean-up and is likely to be the work of UPE, but that alone isn't reason to delete - it might be possible for an editor to clean it up into something publishable. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 11:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep I think there are enough sources for this to be published as is. (I removed one unsourced promotional statement). Better that many of the sports stubs in existence. MB 16:39, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:Working from home for American office-based employees during the COVID-19 pandemic[edit]
- Draft:Working from home for American office-based employees during the COVID-19 pandemic (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
An abandoned draft, the image deletions on commons reset the 6 month clock NOT ESSAY and a snowballs chance of making it to mainspace Gbawden (talk) 06:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete - Should have been left alone for another six months anyway, but we are here. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Firas Zahabi |
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The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Imcdc (talk) 07:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:Firas Zahabi[edit]
Main article has been created for Firas Zahabi. Draft page no longer needed Imcdc (talk) 05:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Jigsie Awards[edit]
- Wikipedia:Jigsie Awards (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Redundant award page created as one of several weird projectspace pages by author who has since been indef'd for sockpuppetry and per WP:NOTHERE. --Finngall talk 00:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Delete: no clear purpose. Is there a way to bulk handle all these vanity projects from the same user? signed, Willondon (talk) 00:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as useless gameplaying, and of no value in project space (or anywhere else), and as work of an abusive user. Yes, nominations at MFD, like at other deletion forums, can be bundled. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:59, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as TwentytwoAugcruft, including all connected and related pages. Stifle (talk) 11:29, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - absolutely no benefit to writing or improving an encyclopaedia. Can't speedy per WP:G5 as it was created hours before the creator was indef blocked. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete- useless and nothing of value will have been lost. Jip Orlando (talk) 14:59, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete nonsense that is doing nothing for Wikipedia. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:42, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - just more crap from a now blocked editor Whpq (talk) 04:29, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Deletw
until the relevant discussion at TFD has run its course. If it does turn out in favor of deleting, thenDelete per 192.76.8.77 ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 11:28, 19 February 2022 (UTC)- @Plutonical: I think you have your arguments back to front there. The templates exist to support the project space page, not the other way round. It should be decided whether the idea of the Jigsie rewards is worth keeping here, at which point the fate of the templates is basically set. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 12:38, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete. Of the TwentytwoAug/Copperwidth project space creations this is probably the least objectionable in that it seems to actually be related to Wikipedia editing and makes some kind of sense. That being said do we really need a duplicate of barnstars? Probably not. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 13:36, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
User talk:Amogus[edit]
- User talk:Amogus (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
This page is excessive content unrelated to Wikipedia. -322UbnBr2 (Talk | Contributions | Actions) 00:36, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep and hat. Stupid or irrelevant material on talk pages is normally dealt with by hatting, or in extreme cases by redaction. In this case, redaction is not required, and collapsing is sufficient. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep and blank. It is extremely rare for user talk pages to be deleted, this does not seem to be a case where deletion is required. Remove the stupid IP comments and leave it since there is a user with this name. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 11:26, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep; no apparent reason why deletion would be necessary. Feel free to blank or hat if you must, although I fail to see why it wouldn't just be best to let sleeping dogs lie. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
February 17, 2022[edit]
Draft:Madan Gowri[edit]
- Draft:Madan Gowri (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
This is getting absurd, the creator has no intention of imporving said draft and it has been deleted nearly a dozen times in mainspace and as a draft. Creator (and a sock) continue to edit tendentiously, repeatedly submitting after decline, rejection, afds, deletion. This is just becoming a honeypot for a spammer and isn't notable as decided numerous times. CUPIDICAE💕 16:36, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Comment, @Praxidicae, The creator of this draft is User:APPU. I had expanded it thinking the subject is notable but did not move to main space since I could not find more reliable english sources. I think a better option would be to indefinitely protect it. The subject is one of the most popular youtubers in Southern India and there are sources with WP:SIGCOV in Tamil language. I'm planning to expand it when I have time. - SUN EYE 1 17:00, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I disagree there is sigcov, as with much of Indian media, it's puffery, churnalism and blatant paid for publications. In fact, the top sources for him are simply interviews, and not independent coverage. CUPIDICAE💕 17:01, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Praxidicae, I said there are sigcov in Tamil Language. - SUN EYE 1 17:04, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I don't see how that changes anything that I said. CUPIDICAE💕 17:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Praxidicae The subject publishes his videos in Tamil language and there is more coverage in Tamil than english. I'll just create it again when I find it notable then. - SUN EYE 1 17:14, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Again, that doesn't change my statement. Churnalism exists in all languages. Tamil is no different. Also please do not ping me for every response. Thanks. CUPIDICAE💕 17:15, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Praxidicae The subject publishes his videos in Tamil language and there is more coverage in Tamil than english. I'll just create it again when I find it notable then. - SUN EYE 1 17:14, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I don't see how that changes anything that I said. CUPIDICAE💕 17:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Praxidicae, I said there are sigcov in Tamil Language. - SUN EYE 1 17:04, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- delete and salt. Repeat spam. The number of subscribers, views, likes, etc don't affect notability – unless there is independent and secondary discussion of it. --bonadea contributions talk 21:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: Delete as already determined to be not notable as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madan Gowri (2nd nomination). It is also too promotional. Forbid recreation anywhere, unless limited to listing WP:THREE, not more, sources, and getting agreement that yes the person is now notable. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete based on the combination of deletion from article space, tendentious submission after rejection, and sockpuppetry. (Deletion from article space is not in itself a reason to delete a draft, but tendentious resubmission is.) Robert McClenon (talk) 01:41, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
February 16, 2022[edit]
Wikipedia:CASCADE (disambiguation)[edit]
- Wikipedia:CASCADE (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Pointless disambiguation page in Wikipedia space. Whpq (talk) 12:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Useless page. The only link here that is actually reasonable to have on a dab page is WP:CASCADE, the link to the list of cascade protected items is already in a hat note at the redirect target, and the link to the mountain article does not belong on a project space dab page. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 01:16, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think this is a draft in the wrong namespace (see page history). — J947 ‡ message ⁓ edits 02:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as a useless and distracting DAB in project space. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:29, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:PageCDN[edit]
- Draft:PageCDN (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
advertisement for non-notable software-- no substantial reliable sources. DGG ( talk ) 11:09, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: per WP:NOTPROMOTION SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:37, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete as a promotional draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:19, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:Robert Clinton Bogard[edit]
- Draft:Robert Clinton Bogard (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
This is a personalized political biography of a small town politician, designed for the promotion of the subject and the promulagation of his views. It has no place in an encyclopedia--It's a misuse of WP. The sources are listings and routine local new items.
If he ever were to become notable, it would need to be started over by someone without the blatant and obvious conflict of interest. DGG ( talk ) 11:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete in view of the history, which is that the editor maintains this, so that it doesn't expire. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:22, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Bangor HS "Boob" Scandal |
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The result of the discussion was: Speedy deleted (G10) by Athaenara (non-admin closure) — csc-1 14:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:Bangor HS "Boob" Scandal[edit]
Unencyclopedic content, not notable subject. TL | The Legend talk 00:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Alfred Edward "Michael" Cota-Moch |
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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete as G5. ✗plicit 00:48, 16 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:Alfred Edward "Michael" Cota-Moch[edit]
Unsourced self-referential draft from an editor who's been indeffed for sockpuppetry, edit warring and making legal threats. Violates WP:V, WP:GNG, WP:COI. Wikipedia isn't a roleplaying game where you get to publish articles of your own fantasy life. Ravenswing 00:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Draft:Existential risk[edit]
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It looks like this content has been integrated into Global catastrophic risk. -- Beland (talk) 00:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Redirect to above article.Delete Dronebogus (talk) 01:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)- Delete per nom. I don't see a reason to redirect a Draft page to mainspace, in this case. -- GreenC 02:05, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ob, right, I didn’t think about that. Dronebogus (talk) 07:05, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to Global catastrophic risk. I declined this as mostly duplicating the article one-and-one-half years ago, and said it should be merged. It has been deleted as G13 since then, and rescued from extinction. We don't need it drifting around forever. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment - Yes, a draft can be redirected to an article. It is done all the time, whenever a draft is accepted. Occasionally that is done to a different title, if the reviewer changes the article title, e.g., to disambiguate it. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
February 15, 2022[edit]
Draft:1975 in Nagaland[edit]
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No hope of becoming a legit page, per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1964 in Nagaland. This one page was coincidentally moved before the AFD, and thus avoided the group nom. Geschichte (talk) 13:13, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - Deletion from article space does not establish a need for deletion from draft space. This would need declining or rejecting if submitted. This is a real year in the past in a real place. Leave it alone until August 2022 in Nagaland. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:31, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. It is completely acceptable to use draft space to have another go at creating/improving articles that were deleted at AFD. The topic here is a plausible article (although it might be better organised by decade if the individual year pages were a bit sparse) and in no way reaches the standard that would be required for deletion as a draft. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 18:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Draft:The NFT wars[edit]
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This draft context is about NFT wars in Cryptoland on November 16 2034 but we don't know it will happen or not. And remember, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball Vitaium (talk) 05:34, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Since it's been brought here, but this really did not need an MFD discussion and should have been left for G13. This is obviously made-up, but WP:A11 only applies to articles, and I'm not sure WP:G3 is really a good fit. This was declined by a reviewer, which is the correct way of dealing with these drafts, I don't see why it was felt necessary to also MFD it? That being said this has a 0% chance of ever becoming an article, so we may as well delete it while it's here. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 11:15, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete this event only happens in the Berenstein Universe and obviously ended up here via a massive quantum tunneling incident. Dronebogus (talk) 11:40, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete - This is stupid, and needed rejecting, and was declined. Since we are here, we might as well delete it, but it need not have come here. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete could be deleted as a hoax. Elli (talk | contribs) 23:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete G1 C933103 (talk) 11:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikipedian Peace Treatment Organization[edit]
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Unclear what the "Wikipedian Treatment Peace Organization" is supposed to be or do. In case it's a Wikiproject this should probably moved to Wikiproject space – if we deem that this is useful. So far it appears that the page doesn't serve any purpose other than being a playground for two editors who have created similarly useless pages in project space, e.g. Wikipedia:Entertainment theater or Wikipedia:GAMEtxt – NJD-DE (talk) 00:35, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Move to projectspaceKeep it’s harmless, good-narured and at least appears to have a vaguely defined goal (which is um… peace). No real reason to delete it over other similarly dumb abortive projects like WP:concordia or the WP:volunteer fire department. Dronebogus (talk) 01:29, 15 February 2022 (UTC)- The page is already located in project space and it doesn't belong there IMO since it seems to have little connection to Wikipedia. Both those pages you link to are ancient and date to the point when we were still figuring out how to run this place, both of them are also shut down and marked historical. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 02:22, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- And if you were proposing to turn this into a wikiproject - new wikiprojects really should go through the WP:WikiProject Council, who I am 99.99% sure would decline this for being complete and utter nonsense. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 02:36, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. I was thinking of nominating this myself actually. This is another weird project space page made by TwentytwoAug/Copperwidth (I'm fairly certain both accounts are the same person) that seems to have no relation to Wikipedia and is borderline patent nonsense. This particular page seems to be some kind of crossover between a wikiproject, dispute resolution and wikilove? The text of the main page consists of a dictionary definition of what peace means, some famous peace related quotes and a selection of userboxes. There's no explanation at all what this organisation is actually supposed to be doing (apart from vague "spread the peace" rubbish) or why it's related to Wikipedia. The remaining subpages are almost completely blank and also contain no context as to what on earth this is supposed to be about, e.g. what on earth are you supposed to be pledging to do? I see no real reason to keep it, and the creator needs to stop making these odd pages in wikipedia space. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 02:22, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Keep as harmless. It is unlikely to reduce existing conflicts in Wikipedia, which are due largely to nationalism, but it is even more unlikely to worsen existing conflicts in Wikipedia. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:34, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Concur with 192.76 on the reasoning. I have no objection to userfying this if the originator actually put some real effort into defining what this is. -- Whpq (talk) 17:06, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per 192.76.8.70. Article creator appears to be more interested in creating weird new pages in projectspace than in building the actual encyclopedia. TwentytwoAug/Copperwidth has been blocked for socking and per WP:NOTHERE. --Finngall talk 00:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete this nonsense page, per the reasons above. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:41, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
February 14, 2022[edit]
Wikipedia:Entertainment theater[edit]
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Brand new project space page that seems to be trying to be a cross between the teahouse, a wikiproject and the community portal. The text at the top of the page is near nonsensical, and a look through the page history makes it clear that even the creator isn't even sure what this is supposed to be. This is redundant to the teahouse, wikiproject entertainment and the community portal which do much better jobs of being a place for newcomers to ask questions, discuss entertainment related articles and link to community resources respectively. I can see no reason to have this odd hybrid page, it serves no useful function while having the potential to confuse newcomers and as such should be deleted.
- MfD listing filed by SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:49, 14 February 2022 for 192.76.8.70 (talk · contribs) [2]
- Delete If anything, the vague purpose seems to be shaping up as a place to discuss entertainment, not Wikipedia articles about entertainment.
A place where you can make, think, and talk about entertainment!
Wikipedia simply isn't for making entertainment. The first (empty) section I see here is named "Trivia, Questions, etc." It's definitely not within the scope of the Wikipedia project. I also note that the vast majority of the creator's edits are to their user space, to build this project, to work on Template:Explosive Dog, and make experimental (if harmless) edits to add redundancy to a Wikilink [3], template a Help page as{{Edit semi-protected}}
[4] then immediately remove the template, etc. I'm not saying there aren't improvements in any of the mainspace edits, but this has been created by and large by a tinkerer (nothing wrong with that per se), who doesn't seem to be entirely motivated by buiding the project. My two cents. signed, Willondon (talk) 04:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)- The creator appears to have tried to make an edit notice for this page which seems to be a knock-off of the teahouse edit notice, which is why I suspected it was supposed to be a tea house equivalent.Template:ETEN. If this page is deleted the template should be G8'd. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 10:41, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - serves no clear purpose. -- Whpq (talk) 04:40, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per above comments ― Levi_OPTalk 18:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete this theater is structurally unstable, below code, needs to be torn down like the Wp:Beerhouse. Dronebogus (talk) 01:32, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. Redundant to the things the nominator mentions. Stifle (talk) 10:55, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. Redundant; fails WP:NOTFORUM. Minkai (rawr!/contribs/ANI Hall of Fame) 13:56, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. As per above comments. Alpha Piscis Austrini (talk) 15:08, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as one of several weird projectspace pages created by this entity. Creator has been blocked for socking and per WP:NOTHERE. --Finngall talk 00:24, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: speedy deletion as an attack page. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:26, 15 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:GDB-Klausur 2020/2021[edit]
This looks like a misuse of the draft space as a webhost to me. For the benefit of those who don't speak German, the draft is about an IT exam, and consists mostly of the author complaining about the fact that the marks for the exam haven't been posted yet. The original author has made no attempt to get the draft into a publishable state, even after having the content restored following a WP:G13 deletion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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February 13, 2022[edit]
User:UBX/pro-NK[edit]
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WP:NONAZIS, the DPRK has one of the worst human rights records on the planet and everything it stands for is in direct opposition to the values of freedom and human dignity that Wikimedia strives to promote. Edit: As Plutonical has pointed out, the regime is also racist, a stronger case of WP:NONAZIS Dronebogus (talk) 23:43, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:38, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- You didn’t explain why. This isn’t a ballot. Dronebogus (talk) 11:46, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- You’re overreaching. Wikipedia does not take a position against national governments. SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:44, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Um, how is it overreacting to suggest a user supporting a government that seems to be based on Nineteen Eighty-Four is a violation of WP:NONAZIS, WP:UCOC, and WP:UBX (“inflammatory or divisive”)? If Wikipedia doesn’t take a position on national governments why have Neo-Confederate boxes been deleted? Why have Neo-British Imperialism boxes been deleted? After all, they’re “only” supporting the government and not whatever atrocities the government engaged in! This isn’t a matter of what “Wikipedia the organization” thinks, it’s a matter of what “Wikipedia the community” thinks. Dronebogus (talk) 00:12, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- This is about making moral judgements in userspace. This is dangerous territory for the perceived neutrality of Wikipedia. I think the line to not cross is to make overt judgements on the morality of a current internationally recognised national government. The other examples are in the past. SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:22, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- The North Korean government is still pretty universally hated among governments for its appalling human rights record. I feel like if you’re endorsing it you’re trying to be an edgelord, and if you’re serious you’re probably someone who would fit the spirit of WP:NONAZIS. I mean, the Taliban is broadly recognized as the current ruling government of Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean we have to tolerate a pro-Taliban Userbox. Dronebogus (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2022 (UTC) Dronebogus (talk) 06:12, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Edgelord? There has to be a boundary, and edge cases are ugly. I don't want to be seen to endorse it, I prefer to say that Wikipedia should be silent on user's putting up this one. I'm open to an RfC to discuss all political userboxes. You are probing for an edge, and I have responded "keep" on this one.
- A difference between the NK and the Taliban:
- The article Foreign relations of Afghanistan says: "...and no country has recognised the new regime."
- Foreign relations of North Korea shows lots of countries recognising North Korea. Not including the USA, but an awful lot.
- This is a can or worms. How many nations recognise Taiwan? More than do North Korea. SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- The Taliban is stated to be accepted as the de facto government of Afghanistan, which is what I meant by “broadly recognized”, but that’s not really here nor there. Dronebogus (talk) 08:45, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Um, how is it overreacting to suggest a user supporting a government that seems to be based on Nineteen Eighty-Four is a violation of WP:NONAZIS, WP:UCOC, and WP:UBX (“inflammatory or divisive”)? If Wikipedia doesn’t take a position on national governments why have Neo-Confederate boxes been deleted? Why have Neo-British Imperialism boxes been deleted? After all, they’re “only” supporting the government and not whatever atrocities the government engaged in! This isn’t a matter of what “Wikipedia the organization” thinks, it’s a matter of what “Wikipedia the community” thinks. Dronebogus (talk) 00:12, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- @SmokeyJoe:This is not a moral issue. North Korea uses racist concepts like Koreans being a pure race, and "dangerous racial contamination" in its propaganda. This is a valid issue per WP:NONAZIS as people using this userbox may have collaboration problems with non-koreans. Hell, this is more valid than the Stalin userbox deletion, as at least Stalin wasn't openly racist and whether the holodomor was ethnically targeted is still a subject of debate (meaning someone with that userbox is still not likely to be a racist, as their viewpoint could be different). ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 12:59, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- You didn’t explain why. This isn’t a ballot. Dronebogus (talk) 11:46, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak Delete - This is about making moral judgments in userspace. Some moral judgments in userspace result in battlegrounds in user space. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:47, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:04, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, yes, another no-argument voter. Dronebogus (talk) 14:13, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. This is not an overreach of WP:NONAZIS. Supporting the government of a country known for using narratives of "pure races" and "racial contamination" means the user is somewhat likely to have collaboration issues with users of non-korean ethnicity. ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 19:22, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Weak KeepAs I observed, there are quite a number of North Korea sympathizer in countries like South Korea and Japan, not because they endorse brutal actions by the North Korean government, but because they have firm and ignorant believe in North Korea is actually a good country, that bad reports against the state all over the world are merely propaganda effort. C933103 (talk) 11:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)- Your argument is solid and reasonable, but I’d recommend you reconsider based on Plutonical‘s strong case that the NK government is not only an ideologically extremist regime but also a patently racist one, which is a gross violation of WP’s conduct policies. Dronebogus (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see, then I can support the deletion of this template. But, would it be more useful to leave this template as such, and conduct action against users who use such templates?C933103 (talk) 14:37, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- If I may chime in, templates aren't supposed to be used to fish for problem users. We don't look for trouble where there is none, and keeping a userbox which would create such trouble (especially in the case of editors who simply don't know better and probably won't run afoul of the No Nazis policy) is exactly that. ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 15:04, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see, then I can support the deletion of this template. But, would it be more useful to leave this template as such, and conduct action against users who use such templates?C933103 (talk) 14:37, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Your argument is solid and reasonable, but I’d recommend you reconsider based on Plutonical‘s strong case that the NK government is not only an ideologically extremist regime but also a patently racist one, which is a gross violation of WP’s conduct policies. Dronebogus (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
User:AdorableRuffian/Userboxes/YesTorture[edit]
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Um… no. WP:NONAZIS, WP:UCOC, WP:UBX (“inflammatory or divisive”) and general “WTF is wrong with you”. Dronebogus (talk) 23:37, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Inflammatory and divisive. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:44, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as inflammatory and divisive, but I disagree with the misuse of WP:NONAZIS. WP:NONAZIS is meant to prevent people entering the community who would be unwilling to collaborate with someone else because they see them as racially/ethnically/genderically (is that even a word?)/religiously inferior and therefore not worth their time. This userbox is not going to have an effect on collaboration, especially sense they don't have any racial, misogynist, religious, or ethnic beliefs expressed here. WP:NONAZIS is being used outside of its original point as just a method of filtering out beliefs that an editor doesn't like, which just happen to align with nazism even though they're used outside of that point of view (for example, the ultra-egalitarianism of communist regimes, or the USA's treatment of suspected terrorists during the war on terror with "enhanced interrogation techniques"). Overall, this userbox expresses way too wide of a view to be identified with any sort of collaboration issue. ☢️Plutonical☢️ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ 19:16, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- I feel like NONAZIS could be expanded, or a new template should be created, to mean “no messed-up extremism”, and could apply to basically anything that encourages the extreme debasement of human dignity and life like “this user thinks women are property” “this user supported operation condor” “this user thinks Pol Pot did nothing wrong” (though Pol Pot was pretty racist so he’d probably count under current guidelines) etc. Dronebogus (talk) 01:05, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- You're free to write your own essay like NONAZIS. It's not like you're writing policy. MarshallKe (talk) 14:36, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: Intentionally inflammatory and edgy. Curbon7 (talk) 01:15, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep No evidence has been provided by Delete-voting editors that division or inflammation has occurred. The "WTF is wrong with you" comment by the proposer suggests this is about censoring disliked speech rather than enforcing policy. MarshallKe (talk) 14:32, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- MarshallKe, we’ve been over this. You’ve established that your view on the subject is essentially “don’t like don’t read” which isn’t how it works on Wikipedia. If a box is likely to come across as an attempt at inflammation (whether intentionally or not) then it needs to go. Dronebogus (talk) 14:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- That is a gross mischaracterization of my argument, and I recommend you strike it out. "Likely to come across as an attempt at inflammation" is not the userbox standard. "Userboxes must not be inflammatory or substantially divisive" is. My position has always been that verifiable proof of substantial inflammation or division is necessary to meet this standard. MarshallKe (talk) 15:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- The policy is so vague we’re both pretty much legitimate in our views, which is why we need a stronger and clearer policy on this. Dronebogus (talk) 18:05, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- That is a gross mischaracterization of my argument, and I recommend you strike it out. "Likely to come across as an attempt at inflammation" is not the userbox standard. "Userboxes must not be inflammatory or substantially divisive" is. My position has always been that verifiable proof of substantial inflammation or division is necessary to meet this standard. MarshallKe (talk) 15:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment in hopes that nominator and others can get a clue: This is a positively mainstream view on the order of 30 to 50%, and you can verify this fact by looking up Gallup polls. The fact that you find this offensive is irrelevant because policy doesn't say that we can remove user content just because somebody finds it offensive, or even if the majority of Wikipedia finds it offensive. "Substantially divisive and inflammatory" is a high bar that mere offense does not meet. The idea that editors are sent into a fit of rage by the mere reminder that some people believe torture is sometimes justified is actually very insulting to the maturity of the people in the Wikipedia community. We are not this fragile. MarshallKe (talk) 14:54, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- MashallKe, your tone is getting into insult territory. It doesn’t matter how popular torturing people for “good” reasons is in America (as implied by the Gallup ref). Most people in, say, Ethiopia view homosexuality as vile and unacceptable but that doesn’t mean we tolerate “this user despises gays” boxes either. Torture is an insult to human dignity that goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”, see: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights), to say nothing of Wikipedia’s basic demands for civility and respect towards other human beings. Dronebogus (talk) 15:02, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Template:User junta[edit]
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WP:NONAZIS, if someone can provide evidence of a military junta that wasn’t a bloody godawful dictatorship then I’ll gladly withdraw. Dronebogus (talk) 23:29, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete, not used on any page, and irrelevant to the goal of building an encyclopedia. Geschichte (talk) 13:16, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: Interesting fact: There have been historical analyses that some military coups, predominately in Africa, can be precursors to democracy. That is to say, the military overthrew a dictator and within a decade commit to a transition to democracy. Obviously that's not the intent of this ubx, which is just edgy for the sake of being edgy. Curbon7 (talk) 01:04, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Isn't Free France something that can be said as junta?C933103 (talk) 11:54, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- That seems like the above mentioned “military overthrows dictatorship” deal— desperate times call for desperate measures. It was set up during a time of war after the government had fallen to a fascist dictatorship, not during peacetime “because it’s just better” which is what this box seems to advocate. So yes I’d say juntas are sometimes necessary transitional regimes during periods of chaos, but if you support a permanent junta you’re probably some sort of weirdo who walks around with a “free helicopter rides for commies” T-shirt. Dronebogus (talk) 11:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- The world is not in a peaceful state now, a handful of countries have long ongoing wars. Given that Wikipedia have users from all over the world, it is almost certain that some of the users could be from countries with even more worse state of governance. There are also nuance in a number of different countries, for example in Turkey, in the past military intervention have been considered an important tool to prevent the rise of theocratic government in the country, according to my understanding. Hence it might not be appropriate to consider all Wikipedia users to be living in an era that can be describe as "during peacetime". C933103 (talk) 12:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- An interesting difference in perspectives. Here in the West, “junta” conjures up images of banana republics and Operation Condor, which is why I assumed this was mainly an edgy appeal to Alt-Right bros. Dronebogus (talk) 12:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- The world is not in a peaceful state now, a handful of countries have long ongoing wars. Given that Wikipedia have users from all over the world, it is almost certain that some of the users could be from countries with even more worse state of governance. There are also nuance in a number of different countries, for example in Turkey, in the past military intervention have been considered an important tool to prevent the rise of theocratic government in the country, according to my understanding. Hence it might not be appropriate to consider all Wikipedia users to be living in an era that can be describe as "during peacetime". C933103 (talk) 12:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- That seems like the above mentioned “military overthrows dictatorship” deal— desperate times call for desperate measures. It was set up during a time of war after the government had fallen to a fascist dictatorship, not during peacetime “because it’s just better” which is what this box seems to advocate. So yes I’d say juntas are sometimes necessary transitional regimes during periods of chaos, but if you support a permanent junta you’re probably some sort of weirdo who walks around with a “free helicopter rides for commies” T-shirt. Dronebogus (talk) 11:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
User:Gr8opinionater/Userboxes/Maoist[edit]
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Per present established in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Gnosandes/userboxes/Stalinist, endorsing the political philosophies of ruthless authoritarians who slaughtered thousands if not millions in the name of said philosophy is incompatible with the spirit of WP:NONAZIS and Wikimedia in general. Dronebogus (talk) 23:20, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. Maoism has reasonable supporters. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:45, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
WeakDelete - Although Maoism has reasonable supporters, Maoism is even more divisive to Wikipedia than Nazism.- The largest AFD discussion ever conducted in Wikipedia was completed about a month ago, of Mass killings under communist regimes, and two of the three usually cited examples of mass killings by communists were the Great Chinese Famine and the Cambodian genocide, both of which are attributed to Maoists (Mao Zedong himself and Pol Pot). I am not taking a position at this time on whether those links are correct. However, the controversy in Wikipedia was the result largely of the brigading of a very large number of new editors whose interest in Wikipedia was to ensure that it documented that there have been atrocities committed by communists. So: Maoism, and an argument about Maoism, caused great division within Wikipedia.
- We don't need user boxes that will restart previous battles in Wikipedia.
Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Imagine invoking WP:BATTLEGROUND to justify continued userbox warring. WP:BATTLEGROUND opposes a delete vote, and it's discouraging that the Wikipedia community continues to fold under the pressure of obvious feigned outrage. It's time to grow up and realize that a mature, reasonable person doesn't care about a Maoist userbox. Nobody wants to say this, but a Wikipedia editor must not be this thin skinned. It's time to stop enabling perpetual childhood. MarshallKe (talk) 23:10, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Note that Dronebogus wrapped the above comment in a show/hide tag claiming it was unconstructive, despite it containing more than one argument based on guidelines. 1) BATTLEGROUND supports ending the userbox wars 2) a mature, reasonable editor is not bothered by this userbox, so it doesn't fall afoul of the userbox standards and 3) Wikipedia editors need to have maturity. This one is less guideline based and more precedent based, as maturity has been a factor invoked in many discussions about banning users. Dronebogus, you done messed up by trying to hide a valid argument. Take the trout. MarshallKe (talk) 12:32, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Your reasoning for "divisive" is not valid. It is not sufficient that the general topic around a userbox has been a divisive issue in Wikipedia. This reasoning would demand the deletion of an anti-Maoist userbox, as well. What else has divided Wikipedia? Deletionism versus inclusionism. Yet, nobody is going to MfD these. You should have to prove that this userbox itself will cause substantial chaos in the Wikipedia community, and an MfD discussion with four whole participants who disagree with each other doesn't count as proof. MarshallKe (talk) 12:47, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- “substantially divisive” IS actually written into userbox policy, believe it or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content_restrictions Deletionism v. Inclusionism is pure WP:OTHERSTUFF, nobody cares. The Anti-Maoism thing is Whataboutism. Dronebogus (talk) 15:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- The editors who use the box have been pinged, so it’s as fair as we can manage. “It hasn’t offended anyone yet, and if they are offended they’re babies and need to grow up” is a bad argument. We can’t poll everyone in the damn wiki so we have an open debate. That is how it works. If you disagree with userbox policy then this is not the place to complain about it. Dronebogus (talk) 15:16, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I don't need to be educated about userbox policy. I am aware of "substantially divisive". My argument is that this userbox isn't, and it quite obviously isn't substantially divisive, and no valid evidence has been provided to the contrary. WP:OTHERSTUFF is about deletion discussions and is massively abused as a bludgeon to dismiss valid comparisons. Cries of whataboutism are also similarly abused in Wikipedia to bully users who have an intuitive style of thought, and to avoid addressing those users concerns. I never said we needed to poll the entire wiki, I said that those who want to delete a userbox have the burden of proof to provide valid evidence that the userbox policy has been violated. It is not valid evidence to cite the fact that the mass killings article was debated extensively, because debate is not equivalent to division. MarshallKe (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- The editors who use the box have been pinged, so it’s as fair as we can manage. “It hasn’t offended anyone yet, and if they are offended they’re babies and need to grow up” is a bad argument. We can’t poll everyone in the damn wiki so we have an open debate. That is how it works. If you disagree with userbox policy then this is not the place to complain about it. Dronebogus (talk) 15:16, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- “substantially divisive” IS actually written into userbox policy, believe it or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content_restrictions Deletionism v. Inclusionism is pure WP:OTHERSTUFF, nobody cares. The Anti-Maoism thing is Whataboutism. Dronebogus (talk) 15:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Imagine invoking WP:BATTLEGROUND to justify continued userbox warring. WP:BATTLEGROUND opposes a delete vote, and it's discouraging that the Wikipedia community continues to fold under the pressure of obvious feigned outrage. It's time to grow up and realize that a mature, reasonable person doesn't care about a Maoist userbox. Nobody wants to say this, but a Wikipedia editor must not be this thin skinned. It's time to stop enabling perpetual childhood. MarshallKe (talk) 23:10, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- As this is a serious deletion discussion on arguably reasonable self-expression, I think that all the stakeholders, namely the editors transcluding the userbox, must be invited to the discussion. I therefore am pinging them below.
- User:Doodlepoodle
- User:Bolegash
- User:Gr8opinionater
- User:SomeDudeWithAUserName
- User:Guto2003
- User:Initforthelutz
- User:Trilletrollet
- User:Excharlie
- User:Trilletrollet
- User:נוביסלב ז'אליץ'
- User:Apeiramon
- User:Luckyfuy
- User:Paritus34251
- Everyone should know that this discussion is not a vote, and the above pinged transcluders are to be expected to all be pro the userbox. Nevertheless, they may have something meaningful to say, and have the right to say it, before their self-expression is censored from their userpages. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:14, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- The following users have been inactive for at least a year, so don’t expect any response from them:
- user:SomeDudeWithAUserName
- user:Doodlepoodle
- user:Bolegash
- user:Luckyfuy User:נוביסלב ז'אליץ' user:Excharlie and user:Apeiramon have also barely made any edits so I’m not sure we should expect a response from them either. Dronebogus (talk) 08:32, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- It would be nice if at least one of them could explain why they choose to label themselves with the user box. User:Apeiramon, for example, self declares/asserts that they are a communist, a Marxian interpreter of economics, a Marxian generally, and a Maoist. There is a clear philosophical theme here, and it is not fair to insist that being a Maoist means being a supporter of bad things that happened under Mao's leadership of China. SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:13, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:POINT. Not inflammatory. Not divisive. People who are mature enough to edit Wikipedia are not going to be substantially upset by merely seeing this userbox. Get real. The Userbox Wars are about WP:POINT. MarshallKe (talk) 22:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- MarshallKe, that isn’t how you use WP:POINT. POINT is about gaming the system to try and get what you want, or to bludgeon an existing argument elsewhere on the wiki, not nominating something for deletion based on policy. There’s nothing here going on out-of-order, and the discussion was completely civil and reasonable until you showed up making thinly veiled ad hominem attacks about other editors being thin-skinned and immature. If anyone is being “POINTy”, it’s you, since you not only posted twice in this debate to say “userbox deletion sucks” but have also already done this at the stalinbox MfD. Dronebogus (talk) 02:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- All I see here is an editor who plays victim while bullying other editors who have differing beliefs. I am merely inclined to debate in this MfD. This isn't bludgeoning (I have seen real bludgeoning. It's bad), uncivil, or attacking, and honestly I'm feeling bullied right now. If you have concerns about my behavior, I beg you, go straight to AN/I. MarshallKe (talk) 12:54, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- You posted an unnecessary comment, it’s bludgeoning. I’m angry because your “keep” arguments seem more like passive-aggressive complaining about userbox policy than anything about this particular box, which is all I wanted an opinion on. Dronebogus (talk) 15:11, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I’m also unimpressed by an editor who talks about how nobody should be thin-skinned on WP but then immediately turns around and complains about being “bullied” because someone disagrees with them and criticizes their behavior. Dronebogus (talk) 15:23, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Most of your points have already been addressed by another editor during https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Gnosandes/userboxes/Stalinist so I’m not going to bother trying to reiterate their respones. Dronebogus (talk) 15:33, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I’m also unimpressed by an editor who talks about how nobody should be thin-skinned on WP but then immediately turns around and complains about being “bullied” because someone disagrees with them and criticizes their behavior. Dronebogus (talk) 15:23, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- You posted an unnecessary comment, it’s bludgeoning. I’m angry because your “keep” arguments seem more like passive-aggressive complaining about userbox policy than anything about this particular box, which is all I wanted an opinion on. Dronebogus (talk) 15:11, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- All I see here is an editor who plays victim while bullying other editors who have differing beliefs. I am merely inclined to debate in this MfD. This isn't bludgeoning (I have seen real bludgeoning. It's bad), uncivil, or attacking, and honestly I'm feeling bullied right now. If you have concerns about my behavior, I beg you, go straight to AN/I. MarshallKe (talk) 12:54, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- MarshallKe, that isn’t how you use WP:POINT. POINT is about gaming the system to try and get what you want, or to bludgeon an existing argument elsewhere on the wiki, not nominating something for deletion based on policy. There’s nothing here going on out-of-order, and the discussion was completely civil and reasonable until you showed up making thinly veiled ad hominem attacks about other editors being thin-skinned and immature. If anyone is being “POINTy”, it’s you, since you not only posted twice in this debate to say “userbox deletion sucks” but have also already done this at the stalinbox MfD. Dronebogus (talk) 02:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Weak keep: One of the main political parties in Nepal is the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), so there is some legitimacy to Maoism in the general political sphere, as opposed to Nazism. Additionally, some of our editors from the PRC may legitimately identify with this purview. All that said, I wouldn't complain if it was ultimately deleted, as I see where the argument to delete comes from. Curbon7 (talk) 01:13, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep - No valid deletion policy cited in rationale. I uniformly question the motives behind it.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:06, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I can cite WP:UBX “inflammatory and divisive”. Dronebogus (talk) 15:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - The ideology have modern followings, including modern political parties, is not an argument that it might be better than Nazi or not. C933103 (talk) 11:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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- Template:User Translator 2/doc (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
No transclusions. This template's parent uses another template's doc page for its documentation, so this page is not usable. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:52, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Keep as redirect. Now redirected to Template:User Translator/doc, the template that is in use, to deter recreation. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:35, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. Unused and unneeded. We don't need /doc redirects hanging around as they serve absolutely no one and no one is searching for them. Gonnym (talk) 09:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
February 11, 2022[edit]
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The result of the discussion was: delete. ✗plicit 12:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User ltg-5/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User kk-3/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User gom-1/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User gom-0/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User en/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User en-lk/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User din-0/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User bo-5/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User at-1/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User ar/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. See IP's explanation at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User ltg-5/doc. ✗plicit 12:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Template:User syr-2/doc[edit]
Not needed. Parent template uses the standard {{User x}} for its documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: keep. ✗plicit 12:48, 18 February 2022 (UTC) User:UBX/Trump Supporter[edit]
Clear violation of WP:PROFRINGE, in that it’s promoting the dangerous conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was rigged/fake/whatever
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February 9, 2022[edit]
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The result of the discussion was: userfy. ✗plicit 03:02, 16 February 2022 (UTC) Wikipedia:KraftwerkASCII[edit]
Wikipedia is not a webhost for your ascii art. Whpq (talk) 02:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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February 8, 2022[edit]
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The result of the discussion was: delete. —ScottyWong— 21:42, 16 February 2022 (UTC) Draft:शिवम झा(उन्मत्ताधीश)[edit]
Per WP:NOTFREEWEBHOST. Personal musings by a non-contributor. Kleuske (talk) 13:38, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
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February 7, 2022[edit]
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The result of the discussion was: delete. —ScottyWong— 16:26, 14 February 2022 (UTC) User talk:131.161.77.174/Sandbox for user warnings[edit]
The address is not a reserved address and should be removed. Q28 has 5K edits *ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚ 07:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
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Old business[edit]