The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a
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The result of the debate was keep.
Sean William 20:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Content not suitable for an encyclopedia. Does not have any
WP:V sources. Names living people without reliable sources.
Philip Baird Shearer 02:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
KeepDYK sections are quite commonly and properly situated in portal space (toward which, see, e.g., our
portal guidelines). Whilst the content here comprised suffers from sundry deficiencies,
deletion is not a substitute for cleanup or other improvement. Some of the items are quite appropriate as DYKs (although perhaps poorly formatted), and those may well be preserved; those that are preserved, to be sure, need not to cite sources explicitly: citations belong in the article(s) referenced, not in DYKs themselves.
Joe 02:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. It can just be cleaned up so it isn't so insanely long and pointless, DYKs aren't expected to have sources listed on them and it doesn't name living people. -
Amarkovmoo! 02:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
In which Wikipedia policy do you find that: "citations belong in the article(s) referenced, not in DYKs themselves" --
Philip Baird Shearer 02:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Even if the citations do belong in the DYK, it's trivial to copy them over (and delete any which can't be referenced). -
Amarkovmoo! 02:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
There are a lot/most of things on this page, which are not in the articles which they link to so it is not possible to copy any sources across because this is not an encyclopedic list--
Philip Baird Shearer 02:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
{{sofixit}}. You're providing reasons why this must be cleaned up (which I agree it should), not deleted. -
Amarkovmoo! 03:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
For example not one of the first half dozen "facts" can be verified against the links that they call. Take the fist one "that Fortunato, the wine seller, located in Draynor, is a character in one of
Edgar Allan Poe's stories called
The Cask of Amontillado?" Neither the EAP or TCoA contain the information that "Fortunato, the wine seller, [is] located in Draynor," --
Philip Baird Shearer 03:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Just because it is a sub page on a portal does not mean that it is not covered by Wikipedia policies. --
Philip Baird Shearer 08:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep per Philip Baird Shearer's comment on Gspbeetle's vote and per Jahiegel. —
$PЯINGrαgђ 17:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. First of all, it isn't an article. It's just part of a portal. I don't personally think it's necessary to have a list of sources. Some things in there are common sense or could be verified through the game itself and the things that they reference. And if you do want sources in there, that isn't a reason for deletion.
Dtm142 20:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)reply
All pages on Wikipedia that discuss none Wikipedia topics need sources. To date not one item on the page has a source or even a link to a Wikipedia article that is contains a citation to the fact mentioned in the "do you know" page. I put it to you that having such a page title encourages the inclusion of unsourced encyclopedic information, and I present the page contents as evidence of this. --
Philip Baird Shearer 10:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the debate was keep.
Sean William 20:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Content not suitable for an encyclopedia. Does not have any
WP:V sources. Names living people without reliable sources.
Philip Baird Shearer 02:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
KeepDYK sections are quite commonly and properly situated in portal space (toward which, see, e.g., our
portal guidelines). Whilst the content here comprised suffers from sundry deficiencies,
deletion is not a substitute for cleanup or other improvement. Some of the items are quite appropriate as DYKs (although perhaps poorly formatted), and those may well be preserved; those that are preserved, to be sure, need not to cite sources explicitly: citations belong in the article(s) referenced, not in DYKs themselves.
Joe 02:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. It can just be cleaned up so it isn't so insanely long and pointless, DYKs aren't expected to have sources listed on them and it doesn't name living people. -
Amarkovmoo! 02:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
In which Wikipedia policy do you find that: "citations belong in the article(s) referenced, not in DYKs themselves" --
Philip Baird Shearer 02:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Even if the citations do belong in the DYK, it's trivial to copy them over (and delete any which can't be referenced). -
Amarkovmoo! 02:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
There are a lot/most of things on this page, which are not in the articles which they link to so it is not possible to copy any sources across because this is not an encyclopedic list--
Philip Baird Shearer 02:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
{{sofixit}}. You're providing reasons why this must be cleaned up (which I agree it should), not deleted. -
Amarkovmoo! 03:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
For example not one of the first half dozen "facts" can be verified against the links that they call. Take the fist one "that Fortunato, the wine seller, located in Draynor, is a character in one of
Edgar Allan Poe's stories called
The Cask of Amontillado?" Neither the EAP or TCoA contain the information that "Fortunato, the wine seller, [is] located in Draynor," --
Philip Baird Shearer 03:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Just because it is a sub page on a portal does not mean that it is not covered by Wikipedia policies. --
Philip Baird Shearer 08:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep per Philip Baird Shearer's comment on Gspbeetle's vote and per Jahiegel. —
$PЯINGrαgђ 17:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. First of all, it isn't an article. It's just part of a portal. I don't personally think it's necessary to have a list of sources. Some things in there are common sense or could be verified through the game itself and the things that they reference. And if you do want sources in there, that isn't a reason for deletion.
Dtm142 20:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)reply
All pages on Wikipedia that discuss none Wikipedia topics need sources. To date not one item on the page has a source or even a link to a Wikipedia article that is contains a citation to the fact mentioned in the "do you know" page. I put it to you that having such a page title encourages the inclusion of unsourced encyclopedic information, and I present the page contents as evidence of this. --
Philip Baird Shearer 10:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.